chance vs peril

chance

verb
  • To try or risk. 

  • To discover something by chance. 

  • To rob, cheat or swindle someone. 

adj
  • Happening by chance, casual. 

noun
  • probability; possibility. 

  • The probability of something happening. 

  • An opportunity or possibility. 

  • Random occurrence; luck. 

peril

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

noun
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger. 

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

  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. 

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