put vs wager

put

noun
  • A right to sell something at a predetermined price. 

  • The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. 

  • An old card game. 

verb
  • To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway. 

  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put. 

  • To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition. 

  • To express something in a certain manner. 

  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. 

  • To place something somewhere. 

  • To attach or attribute; to assign. 

  • To exercise a put option. 

  • To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.) 

  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go. 

wager

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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 put and wager occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )