admire vs belittle

admire

verb
  • To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. 

  • To regard with wonder and delight. 

  • To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.) 

  • To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem. 

belittle

verb
  • To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. 

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