bearer vs beneficiary

bearer

noun
  • One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment. 

  • Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession. 

  • A waiter in a hotel or restaurant. 

  • A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page. 

  • One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. 

  • A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter. 

  • A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc. 

  • A tree or plant yielding fruit. 

  • A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved. 

beneficiary

noun
  • One who benefits from the payout of an insurance policy. 

  • One who benefits or receives an advantage. 

  • One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate. 

adj
  • Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. 

  • Bestowed as a gratuity. 

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