apotheosis vs epitome

apotheosis

noun
  • A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). 

  • Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death. 

  • The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. 

  • The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). 

  • The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this. 

  • Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. 

epitome

noun
  • A representative example. 

  • The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items. 

  • A brief summary of a text. 

  • The height; the best; the most vivid. 

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