deed vs transaction

deed

noun
  • An action or act; something that is done. 

  • A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses. 

  • A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit. 

  • Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation. 

verb
  • To transfer real property by deed. 

transaction

noun
  • The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). 

  • A social interaction. 

  • A record of the proceedings of a learned society. 

  • An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc. 

  • A deal or business agreement. 

  • The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account. 

  • An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction). 

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