expiring vs receding

expiring

adj
  • Ending, terminating, dying. 

receding

adj
  • That recedes. 

  • Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing. 

noun
  • The action of something that recedes. 

  • A recessed part. 

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