paperwork vs report

paperwork

noun
  • written documents 

  • routine work involving written documents 

  • Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant). 

  • excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape. 

report

noun
  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). 

  • An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager. 

  • Reputation. 

  • The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion. 

verb
  • To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. 

  • To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). 

  • To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). 

  • To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy). 

  • To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. 

  • To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. 

  • To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). 

  • To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker. 

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