ill vs tort

ill

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

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

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To behave aggressively. 

adv
  • Not well; imperfectly, badly 

noun
  • A physical ailment; an illness. 

  • Harm or injury. 

  • PCP, phencyclidine. 

  • Evil; moral wrongfulness. 

  • Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. 

tort

adj
  • Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”) 

noun
  • A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. 

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