endowment vs gift

endowment

noun
  • Something with which a person or thing is endowed. 

  • Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution. 

  • Endowment assurance or pure endowment. 

  • A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife. 

gift

noun
  • A talent or natural ability. 

  • Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. 

  • Something gained incidentally, without effort. 

  • The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing. 

verb
  • To give as a gift or donation. 

  • To give away, to concede easily. 

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