gangrene vs shipwreck

gangrene

noun
  • A damaging or corrupting influence. 

  • The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply. 

verb
  • To produce gangrene in. 

  • To be affected with gangrene. 

  • To corrupt; To cause to become degenerate. 

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 gangrene and shipwreck occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )