cost vs penalty

cost

noun
  • A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. 

  • Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. 

  • Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. 

  • A cottise. 

verb
  • To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. 

  • To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. 

  • To calculate or estimate a price. 

  • To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. 

penalty

noun
  • A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event. 

  • A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time. 

  • A legal sentence. 

  • A punishment for violating rules of procedure. 

  • A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick. 

  • A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment. 

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