commendation vs paean

commendation

noun
  • A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. 

  • The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. 

  • That which is the ground of approbation or praise. 

  • An award or recognition for performance; a medal. 

paean

noun
  • An enthusiastic expression of praise. 

  • Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. 

  • A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. 

verb
  • To sing a paean; to praise. 

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