damage vs reform

damage

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. 

noun
  • Cost or expense. 

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

reform

verb
  • To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better 

  • To form again or in a new configuration. 

  • to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal 

  • To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits 

noun
  • The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it 

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