beast vs risk

beast

noun
  • Something unpleasant and difficult. 

  • Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically. 

  • A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal. 

  • Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones. 

  • Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. 

  • A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner. 

  • A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal. 

  • A sex offender. 

  • A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one. 

verb
  • to engage in sexual intercourse, particularly in an illicit context 

  • to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment. 

adj
  • great; excellent; powerful 

risk

noun
  • A possible adverse event or outcome. 

  • A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card). 

  • An entity insured by an insurer. 

  • The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur. 

  • The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event. 

  • The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event. 

  • A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy. 

  • A financial product (typically an investment). 

  • A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect). 

verb
  • To incur risk as a result of (doing something). 

  • To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing. 

  • To incur risk of (something). 

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