loss vs salvage

loss

noun
  • Something that has been destroyed or ruined. 

  • The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. 

  • The death of a person or animal. 

  • Defeat; an instance of being defeated. 

  • The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. 

  • The sum an entity loses on balance. 

  • The destruction or ruin of an object. 

  • Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. 

salvage

noun
  • Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods. 

  • The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued. 

  • The money from the sale of rescued goods. 

  • Summary execution, extrajudicial killing. 

  • The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation. 

  • The ship, crew or cargo so rescued. 

  • The compensation paid to the rescuers. 

verb
  • to rescue. 

  • To make new or restore for the use of being saved. 

  • To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial. 

  • To perform summary execution. 

  • to put to use. 

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