reflection vs statement

reflection

noun
  • An implied criticism. 

  • The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected. 

  • The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time. 

  • The folding of a part; a fold. 

  • Something, such as an image, that is reflected. 

  • The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror). 

  • Careful thought or consideration. 

statement

noun
  • A declaration or remark. 

  • A presentation of opinion or position. 

  • An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call. 

  • A document that summarizes financial activity. 

verb
  • To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs. 

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