burn out vs overwrite

burn out

verb
  • To destroy by fire. 

  • To end one's shift at a job. 

  • To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out. 

  • To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit. 

  • To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year. 

  • To tire due to overwork; to overwork to their limit. 

  • To become extinguished due to lack of fuel. 

  • To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices). 

noun
  • (of a person) The condition of tiredness due to overwork. 

overwrite

verb
  • To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it. 

  • To cover in writing; to write over the top of. 

  • To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose. 

  • To write too much. 

noun
  • The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it. 

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