despite vs flattery

despite

noun
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 

prep
  • In spite of, notwithstanding. 

flattery

noun
  • An instance of excessive praise. 

  • Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour. 

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