address vs report

address

verb
  • To direct one’s remarks (to someone). 

  • To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to. 

  • To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit. 

  • To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it. 

  • To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor. 

  • To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. 

  • To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to. 

  • To refer to a location in computer memory. 

  • To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee). 

  • To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience). 

  • To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 

noun
  • An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. 

  • A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style. 

  • A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter. 

  • The property itself. 

  • A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address. 

  • The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging. 

  • A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament. 

report

verb
  • To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). 

  • To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. 

  • To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). 

  • To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). 

  • To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy). 

  • To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. 

  • To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. 

  • To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker. 

noun
  • An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager. 

  • Reputation. 

  • The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion. 

  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). 

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