safeguard vs wager

safeguard

noun
  • Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense. 

  • A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war. 

  • One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection. 

verb
  • To escort safely. 

  • To implement safeguarding. 

  • To protect, to keep safe. 

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