invest vs report

invest

verb
  • To formally give (someone) some power or authority. 

  • To surround, accompany, or attend. 

  • To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. 

  • To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain. 

  • To ceremonially install someone in some office. 

  • To lay siege to. 

  • To be involved in; to form strong attachments to. 

  • To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster). 

  • To make investments. 

  • To envelop, wrap, cover. 

  • To formally give (power or authority). 

noun
  • An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system. 

report

verb
  • 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 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 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. 

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 invest and report occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )