liability vs peril

liability

noun
  • The condition of being susceptible to something. 

  • A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk. 

  • Any item recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet. 

  • An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. 

  • A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help. 

  • The likelihood of something happening. 

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