blame vs disparage

blame

verb
  • To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). 

  • To censure (someone or something); to criticize. 

  • To assert the cause of some bad event. 

noun
  • Culpability for something negative or undesirable. 

  • A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code. 

  • Censure. 

  • Responsibility for something meriting censure. 

disparage

verb
  • To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. 

  • To ridicule, mock, discredit. 

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