report vs spoiler

report

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

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

  • 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). 

spoiler

verb
  • To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc. 

  • To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know. 

noun
  • An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another's victory. 

  • One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler. 

  • A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc. 

  • A device to reduce lift and increase downforce. 

  • A device to reduce lift and increase drag. 

  • One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless. 

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