assist vs peril

assist

noun
  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

verb
  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

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 assist and peril occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )