degrade vs put to shame

degrade

verb
  • To lower in value or social position. 

  • To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. 

  • To reduce in quality or purity. 

put to shame

verb
  • To humiliate; to disgrace. 

  • To outdo thoroughly; to surpass; to outperform; to show up. 

How often have the words degrade and put to shame occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )