dissolve vs ruin

dissolve

verb
  • To destroy, make disappear. 

  • To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate. 

  • To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding. 

  • To be disintegrated by such immersion. 

  • To disperse, drive apart a group of persons. 

  • To resolve itself as by dissolution. 

  • To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas. 

  • To liquify, melt into a fluid. 

  • To be melted, changed into a fluid. 

  • To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in. 

  • To relax by pleasure; to make powerless. 

  • To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release. 

noun
  • a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next 

ruin

verb
  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

noun
  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

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