acclaim vs denigrate

acclaim

verb
  • To express great approval (for). 

  • To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation. 

  • To declare by acclamations. 

  • To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. 

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

denigrate

verb
  • To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage. 

  • To blacken. 

  • To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. 

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