damn vs salute

damn

adj
  • Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. 

adv
  • Very; extremely. 

intj
  • Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit. 

noun
  • The smallest amount of concern or consideration. 

  • The use of "damn" as a curse. 

  • A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. 

verb
  • To condemn to hell. 

  • To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment. 

  • To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal. 

  • To curse; put a curse upon. 

  • To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. 

salute

verb
  • To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise. 

  • To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something). 

  • to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance. 

  • To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. 

  • To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. 

noun
  • A discharge of cannon or similar arms, as a mark of honour or respect. 

  • An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, now especially a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions. 

  • A kiss, offered in salutation. 

  • A pyrotechnic device primarily designed to produce a loud bang. 

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