admire vs ridicule

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. 

ridicule

noun
  • An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock. 

  • The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. 

  • derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour 

  • A small woman's handbag; a reticule. 

verb
  • to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of 

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