blemish vs polish

blemish

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

  • To spoil the appearance of. 

noun
  • A moral defect; a character flaw. 

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

polish

verb
  • To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite. 

  • To apply shoe polish to shoes. 

  • To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. 

  • To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding. 

  • To refine; remove imperfections from. 

noun
  • Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation. 

  • Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess. 

  • A substance used to polish. 

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