award vs loss

award

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

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To give (a person) an award. 

loss

noun
  • The death of a person or animal. 

  • The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement. 

  • Defeat; an instance of being defeated. 

  • Something that has been destroyed or ruined. 

  • The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died. 

  • The sum an entity loses on balance. 

  • The destruction or ruin of an object. 

  • Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work. 

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