fall behind vs loiter

fall behind

verb
  • to fail to keep up (with) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind. 

  • To be late (for a regular event) 

  • To be progressively below average in performance. 

loiter

verb
  • To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. 

  • To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. 

  • For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target. 

noun
  • A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose. 

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