censure vs countenance

censure

noun
  • The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. 

  • An official reprimand. 

  • Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. 

verb
  • To criticize harshly. 

  • To formally rebuke. 

countenance

noun
  • Favour; support; encouragement. 

  • Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face. 

  • Calm facial expression, composure, self-control. 

verb
  • To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something. 

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