fizzle vs fritz

fizzle

noun
  • An abortive effort; a flop or dud. 

  • Failure of an exploding nuclear bomb to meet its expected yield during testing. 

  • A state of agitation or worry. 

  • A spluttering or hissing sound. 

verb
  • To fail to generate the expected yield when exploded during testing. 

  • To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped. 

  • To sputter or hiss. 

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 fizzle and fritz occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )