devoted vs failing

devoted

adj
  • Vowed; dedicated; consecrated. 

  • Zealous; characterized by devotion. 

  • Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something. 

failing

noun
  • weakness; defect 

prep
  • If what follows is not possible; without. 

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