admire vs spurn

admire

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

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

spurn

verb
  • To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 

  • To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 

  • To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 

noun
  • An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 

  • A kick; a blow with the foot. 

  • A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. 

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