commend vs vilify

commend

verb
  • To praise or acclaim. 

  • To recommend. 

  • To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. 

  • To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill. 

  • To congratulate or reward. 

vilify

verb
  • To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. 

  • To belittle through speech; to put down. 

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