down for the count vs unconscious

down for the count

adj
  • Unconscious or sound asleep. 

  • Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term. 

unconscious

adj
  • Not awake; having no awareness. 

  • engaged in skilled performance without conscious control. 

  • Without directed thought or awareness. 

noun
  • That part of mind that is not consciously perceived. 

How often have the words down for the count and unconscious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )