bad news vs damage

bad news

noun
  • An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing. 

  • News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events. 

damage

noun
  • Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. 

  • Cost or expense. 

verb
  • To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction. 

  • To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing. 

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