greeting vs sendoff

greeting

noun
  • The action of the verb to greet. 

  • A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. 

sendoff

noun
  • A party for a person (i.e. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party. 

  • A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life. 

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