defeat vs derail

defeat

verb
  • To overcome in battle or contest. 

  • To nullify 

  • To prevent (something) from being achieved. 

  • To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. 

noun
  • The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. 

  • Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification. 

  • The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing. 

derail

verb
  • To deviate from the previous course or direction. 

  • To cause to deviate from a set course or direction. 

  • To cause to come off the tracks. 

  • To come off the tracks. 

noun
  • An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. 

  • Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail. 

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