decedent vs dying

decedent

adj
  • Removing; departing; deceased. 

noun
  • A dead person. 

dying

adj
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund. 

  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. 

  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. 

noun
  • The process of approaching death; loss of life; death. 

How often have the words decedent and dying occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )