brickbat vs insult

brickbat

verb
  • To assail with criticism. 

  • To attack by throwing brickbats. 

noun
  • A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club. 

  • A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. 

insult

verb
  • To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). 

noun
  • Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. 

  • Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). 

  • Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. 

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