bet vs wager

bet

verb
  • To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager. 

  • To be sure of something; to be able to count on something. 

  • To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round. 

prep
  • between 

noun
  • A degree of certainty. 

  • A candidate (for elections and pageants). 

  • A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event). 

intj
  • Expression of general agreement or acceptance. 

  • Exclamation of joy at good fortune. 

  • Exclamation indicating acceptance of a challenge or an absurd proposal. 

wager

verb
  • To bet something; to put it up as collateral. 

  • To suppose; to dare say. 

noun
  • Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. 

  • An offer to make oath. 

  • A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. 

  • That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. 

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