desolation vs shipwreck

desolation

noun
  • The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. 

  • The state of being desolated or laid waste 

  • A place or country wasted and forsaken. 

shipwreck

noun
  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

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