endowment vs scholarship

endowment

noun
  • Something with which a person or thing is endowed. 

  • Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution. 

  • Endowment assurance or pure endowment. 

  • A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife. 

scholarship

noun
  • The character or qualities of a scholar. 

  • The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning. 

  • The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar. 

  • A grant-in-aid to a student. 

verb
  • To grant a scholarship to. 

  • To attend an institution on a scholarship. 

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