drain away vs recede

drain away

verb
  • To diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually. 

recede

verb
  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. 

  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. 

  • To take back. 

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