remembrance vs trophy

remembrance

noun
  • Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. 

  • The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. 

  • That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. 

  • The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends. 

  • The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. 

verb
  • To remember; to recall to mind. 

trophy

noun
  • An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime. 

  • An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market. 

  • An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. 

  • Any emblem of success; a status symbol. 

  • A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch. 

  • An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market. 

  • A tropæum. 

  • An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed. 

verb
  • To win a trophy in a competition. 

  • To adorn with trophies. 

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