insurance vs wager

insurance

noun
  • The business of providing insurance. 

  • A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. 

  • The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance. 

  • Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event. 

  • A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack. 

  • An insurance policy 

wager

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. 

verb
  • To suppose; to dare say. 

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

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