damage vs risk

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. 

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 damage and risk occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )