never vs never again

never

adv
  • At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. 

  • Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely). 

  • Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. 

intj
  • A statement of defiance 

never again

adv
  • At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc which should not be allowed to reoccur. 

How often have the words never and never again occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )