default vs fall by the wayside

default

verb
  • To fail to fulfill a financial obligation. 

  • To lose a competition by failing to compete. 

  • To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint. 

  • To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard. 

noun
  • The condition of failing to meet an obligation. 

  • The condition of being an obligation that has not been met. 

  • The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint. 

  • the original software programming settings as set by the factory 

  • A selection made in the absence of an alternative. 

  • A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. 

  • A loss incurred by failing to compete. 

fall by the wayside

verb
  • To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect. 

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