fall apart vs spalt

fall apart

verb
  • To disintegrate, to break into pieces. 

  • To be emotionally in crisis. 

spalt

verb
  • To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter. 

noun
  • Spelter. 

adj
  • Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. 

  • Brittle. 

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