execution vs transaction

execution

noun
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). 

  • The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer. 

  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated. 

  • The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will. 

  • The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect. 

  • The state of being accomplished. 

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 execution and transaction occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )