dislocation vs fritz

dislocation

noun
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. 

  • A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries. 

  • The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. 

  • A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal. 

  • The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. 

fritz

noun
  • The state of being defective. 

  • A type of processed meat sausage; devon 

verb
  • To go wrong or become defective. 

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