not a one vs nothing

not a one

pron
  • Not any person or thing whatsoever. 

nothing

pron
  • Not any thing; no thing. 

  • An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum. 

noun
  • Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance. 

  • A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings. 

  • A nobody (insignificant person). 

How often have the words not a one and nothing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )