damage vs harm

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. 

harm

noun
  • physical injury; hurt; damage 

  • detriment; misfortune. 

  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss. 

  • emotional or figurative hurt 

verb
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something. 

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