demise vs dying

demise

noun
  • Death. 

  • The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. 

  • The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall. 

  • Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. 

verb
  • To transmit by inheritance. 

  • To pass by inheritance. 

  • To die. 

  • To convey, as by will or lease. 

dying

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

adj
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. 

  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. 

  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund. 

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