frustrate vs head off

frustrate

verb
  • To hinder or thwart. 

  • To cause stress or annoyance. 

  • To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. 

adj
  • ineffectual; useless; fruitless. 

head off

verb
  • To avoid the undesirable consequences of; prevent. 

  • To start out. 

  • To intercept. 

  • To turn away from the wind. 

  • To begin moving away. 

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