going nowhere vs not going anywhere

going nowhere

not going anywhere

adj
  • You shouldn't get too anxious about your vacation next month. The beach is not going anywhere. 

  • You can count on me. I'm not going anywhere. 

  • Dependable; not inclined to leave or bail out unexpectedly. 

  • Not making progress. 

  • My research is not going anywhere. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, go, anywhere. 

  • Able to be disregarded and dealt with later. 

How often have the words going nowhere and not going anywhere occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )