compliment vs despite

compliment

noun
  • An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. 

  • Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery. 

verb
  • To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone). 

despite

noun
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 

prep
  • In spite of, notwithstanding. 

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