contribution vs scholarship

contribution

noun
  • The act of contributing. 

  • An amount of money given toward something. 

  • Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole. 

  • The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress. 

scholarship

noun
  • A grant-in-aid to a student. 

  • The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning. 

  • The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar. 

  • The character or qualities of a scholar. 

verb
  • To grant a scholarship to. 

  • To attend an institution on a scholarship. 

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