accounting vs recordkeeping

accounting

noun
  • The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business. 

  • A relaying of events; justification of actions. 

  • An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them. 

recordkeeping

noun
  • The creation, collection and management of records, especially of a business or governmental nature. 

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