destroy vs harm

destroy

verb
  • To damage beyond use or repair. 

  • To sing a song poorly. 

  • To put down or euthanize. 

  • To remove data. 

  • To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up. 

  • To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. 

  • To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. 

  • To defeat soundly. 

  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 

harm

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

noun
  • detriment; misfortune. 

  • physical injury; hurt; damage 

  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss. 

  • emotional or figurative hurt 

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