amends vs payment

amends

noun
  • Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. 

payment

noun
  • The act of paying. 

  • An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it. 

  • Antonyms: non-payment, nonpayment 

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