award vs endow

award

verb
  • To give (a person) an award. 

  • To determine; to make or grant an award. 

  • To give (an award). 

  • To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case. 

noun
  • A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. 

  • A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. 

  • The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. 

  • A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. 

endow

verb
  • To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits. 

  • Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality. 

  • Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something). 

  • To provide with a dower (“the portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or a dowry (“property given to a bride”). 

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