payment vs penalty

payment

noun
  • The act of paying. 

  • An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it. 

  • Antonyms: non-payment, nonpayment 

penalty

noun
  • A legal sentence. 

  • A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time. 

  • A punishment for violating rules of procedure. 

  • A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick. 

  • A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment. 

  • A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event. 

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