celebrate vs fete

celebrate

verb
  • To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event. 

  • To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites. 

  • To extol or honour in a solemn manner. 

  • To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly. 

fete

verb
  • To celebrate (a person). 

noun
  • A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. 

  • A feast, celebration or carnival. 

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