altruism vs compassion

altruism

noun
  • Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness. 

  • Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer. 

compassion

noun
  • Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it. 

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