criticism vs critique

criticism

noun
  • The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed 

  • A critical observation or detailed examination and review. 

critique

noun
  • The art of criticism. 

  • An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc. 

  • A point made to criticize something. 

verb
  • To review something; to criticize. 

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