mend vs total

mend

verb
  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to. 

  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. 

  • To repair (something that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or otherwise damaged) 

  • To put in a better state; to set right; to reform; 

  • To quicken 

noun
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. 

  • The act of repairing or recovering. 

total

verb
  • To amount to; to add up to. 

  • To equal a total of; to amount to. 

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of. 

  • To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) 

noun
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. 

  • Sum. 

adj
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something. 

  • (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs. 

  • Complete; absolute. 

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