acclaim vs denounce

acclaim

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

  • 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. 

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

denounce

verb
  • To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame. 

  • To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked. 

  • To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse. 

  • To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice. 

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