harm vs ill

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. 

ill

noun
  • Harm or injury. 

  • A physical ailment; an illness. 

  • PCP, phencyclidine. 

  • Evil; moral wrongfulness. 

  • Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. 

adv
  • Not well; imperfectly, badly 

verb
  • To behave aggressively. 

adj
  • Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. 

  • Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. 

  • Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. 

  • Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. 

  • Having an urge to vomit. 

  • Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. 

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