sticking one's neck out vs vulnerable

sticking one's neck out

vulnerable

adj
  • Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation. 

  • More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses. 

  • More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. 

How often have the words sticking one's neck out and vulnerable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )