assurance vs insurance

assurance

noun
  • Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. 

  • Subjective certainty of one's salvation. 

  • The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. 

  • Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 

  • The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. 

  • Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity 

  • Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. 

insurance

noun
  • An insurance policy 

  • The business of providing insurance. 

  • A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. 

  • The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance. 

  • Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event. 

  • A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack. 

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