harm vs stab

harm

noun
  • emotional or figurative hurt 

  • detriment; misfortune. 

  • physical injury; hurt; damage 

  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss. 

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

stab

noun
  • Pain inflicted on a person's feelings. 

  • The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft. 

  • A wound made by stabbing. 

  • An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. 

  • Criticism. 

  • An attempt. 

  • A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition. 

  • A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. 

verb
  • To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. 

  • To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. 

  • To thrust in a stabbing motion. 

  • To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster. 

  • To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at). 

  • To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. 

  • To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at). 

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