perquisite vs sweetening

perquisite

noun
  • A gratuity. 

  • Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. 

  • A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. 

sweetening

noun
  • A sweetener. 

  • The process of making something sweeter. 

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