besmirchment vs blemish

besmirchment

noun

  • The act of sullying or besmirching. 

blemish

noun

  • A moral defect; a character flaw. 

  • A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. 

verb

  • To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame. 

  • To spoil the appearance of. 

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