end of the world vs shipwreck

end of the world

noun
  • Destruction of Earth. 

  • Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating. 

  • Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human. 

shipwreck

noun
  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

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