knockback vs nix

knockback

noun
  • Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. 

  • A rejection; a refusal. 

  • A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. 

nix

noun
  • A treacherous water-spirit; a nixie. 

  • Nothing. 

intj
  • No! Not at all! 

verb
  • To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. 

  • To destroy or eradicate. 

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