peril vs perilousness

peril

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. 

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

perilousness

noun
  • The quality of being perilous. 

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