remuneration vs reward

remuneration

noun
  • Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered. 

  • A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. 

  • A recompense for a loss; compensation. 

reward

noun
  • Something of value given in return for an act. 

  • A prize promised for a certain deed or catch 

  • The result of an action, whether good or bad. 

verb
  • To give a reward to or for. 

  • To recompense. 

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