die away vs take a dive

die away

verb
  • To diminish or wane; to cease gradually. 

  • To die gradually or slowly. 

take a dive

verb
  • To decline rapidly. 

  • To lose or fail intentionally. 

  • To feign a knockout in order to lose intentionally. 

How often have the words die away and take a dive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )