adventure vs peril

adventure

noun
  • The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. 

  • A text adventure or an adventure game. 

  • A remarkable occurrence; a striking event. 

  • A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. 

  • A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. 

peril

noun
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. 

  • A situation of serious and immediate danger. 

  • An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. 

verb
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. 

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