benevolence vs pity

benevolence

noun
  • Charitable kindness. 

  • A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473. 

  • An altruistic gift or act. 

  • Disposition to do good. 

pity

noun
  • A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. 

  • Something regrettable. 

verb
  • To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. 

  • To feel pity for (someone or something). 

intj
  • Short form of what a pity. 

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