peril vs preservation

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. 

preservation

noun
  • The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. 

  • The state of being preserved, how something has survived. 

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