deference vs worship

deference

noun
  • Great respect. 

  • The willingness to carry out the wishes of others. 

worship

noun
  • Honour; respect; civil deference. 

  • An object of worship. 

  • Ardent love. 

  • The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints. 

  • The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. 

  • Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates 

  • The religious ceremonies that express this devotion. 

  • Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference. 

verb
  • To participate in religious ceremonies. 

  • To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of. 

  • To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. 

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