fade out vs go out

fade out

verb
  • To slowly disappear. 

  • To fade from a cut to black in a movie. 

  • To decrease in volume, such as at the end of a song, until there is only silence. 

noun
  • A type of transition used in film, usually at the end of a scene, involving a fade to black from the cut. 

go out

verb
  • To recede; to ebb. 

  • To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple. 

  • To have a romantic relationship (with someone). 

  • To fail. 

  • To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand. 

  • To leave, especially a building. 

  • To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards. 

  • To die. 

  • To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something). 

  • To pass out of fashion. 

  • To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment. 

  • To become extinct, to expire. 

  • To be eliminated from a competition. 

  • To be turned off or extinguished. 

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