report vs run

report

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. 

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). 

run

verb
  • To print or broadcast in the media. 

  • To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking. 

  • Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it. 

  • To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. 

  • To put at hazard; to venture; to risk. 

  • To be a candidate in an election. 

  • To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast. 

  • To control or manage, be in charge of. 

  • To smuggle (illegal goods). 

  • To go at a fast pace; to move quickly. 

  • To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase). 

  • To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program. 

  • To make run in a race. 

  • To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting. 

  • To control or have precedence in a card game. 

  • To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.) 

  • To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint). 

  • To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled. 

  • To exert continuous activity; to proceed. 

  • To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time. 

  • To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse). 

  • To cause to move quickly or lightly. 

  • To cause to enter; to thrust. 

  • To speedrun. 

  • To be in form thus, as a combination of words. 

  • To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly. 

  • To move or spread quickly. 

  • To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control. 

  • To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase). 

  • To make a machine operate. 

  • To become liquid; to melt. 

  • To make something extend in space. 

  • Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally. 

  • To achieve or perform by running or as if by running. 

  • To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way. 

  • To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace. 

  • To be presented in the media. 

  • Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route). 

  • To cost a large amount of money. 

  • Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel. 

  • To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline. 

  • To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune). 

  • Of a liquid, to flow. 

  • To compete in a race. 

  • Of fish, to migrate for spawning. 

  • To make run in an election. 

  • To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven. 

  • To have growth or development. 

  • To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company. 

  • To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine. 

  • To flee from a danger or towards help. 

  • To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation. 

  • To encounter or incur (a danger or risk). 

  • To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. 

  • To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object. 

  • To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole. 

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