failure vs no-show

failure

noun
  • Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done. 

  • State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. 

  • Bankruptcy. 

  • An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success. 

  • Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. 

no-show

noun
  • An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment. 

  • A person or group that does not show up. 

verb
  • To fail to show up for something. 

How often have the words failure and no-show occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )