ensure vs guarantee

ensure

verb
  • To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). 

  • To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure. 

guarantee

verb
  • To make something certain. 

  • To give an assurance that something will be done right. 

  • To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation. 

noun
  • The person to whom a guarantee is made. 

  • A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. 

  • A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation. 

  • More specifically, a written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty 

  • Anything that assures a certain outcome. 

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