feedback vs report

feedback

noun
  • The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker. 

  • Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. 

  • The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system. 

verb
  • To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker. 

  • To provide informational feedback to. 

  • To convey by means of specialized communications channel. 

report

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

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

  • Reputation. 

  • 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). 

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

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

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