scholarship vs subvention

scholarship

noun
  • A grant-in-aid to a student. 

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

  • The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar. 

  • The character or qualities of a scholar. 

verb
  • To grant a scholarship to. 

  • To attend an institution on a scholarship. 

subvention

noun
  • A subsidy; provision of financial or other support. 

verb
  • To subsidise. 

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