kill vs win

kill

verb
  • To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat. 

  • To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point. 

  • To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt. 

  • To punish severely. 

  • To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay. 

  • To produce intense pain. 

  • To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate. 

  • To put to death; to extinguish the life of. 

  • To exert oneself to an excessive degree. 

  • To exert an overwhelming effect on. 

  • To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate. 

  • To force a company out of business. 

  • To deadmelt. 

  • To render inoperative. 

  • To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy. 

  • To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in. 

  • To use up or to waste. 

  • To cause to assume the value zero. 

  • To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network. 

  • To sexually penetrate in a skillful way. 

noun
  • The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally. 

  • Specifically, the death blow. 

  • A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea. 

  • The act of killing. 

  • The result of killing; that which has been killed. 

win

verb
  • To defeat or surpass someone or something. 

  • To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over). 

  • To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). 

  • To achieve victory. 

  • To have power, coercion or control. 

  • To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). 

  • To obtain (something desired). 

  • To cause a victory for someone. 

  • To extract (ore, coal, etc.). 

  • To dry by exposure to the wind. 

  • To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest. 

noun
  • A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement. 

  • An individual victory. 

  • Pleasure; joy; delight. 

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