venture vs wager

venture

verb
  • to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on 

  • To put or send on a venture or chance. 

  • To confide in; to rely on; to trust. 

  • To risk or offer. 

  • To undertake a risky or daring journey. 

  • To say something. 

noun
  • A risky or daring undertaking or journey. 

  • An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen. 

  • The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade. 

wager

verb
  • To suppose; to dare say. 

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

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