despite vs notwithstanding

despite

prep

  • In spite of, notwithstanding. 

noun

  • Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 

notwithstanding

prep

  • In spite of, despite. 

adv

  • Nevertheless, all the same. 

conj

  • Although; despite; even though. 

postp

  • In spite of, despite. 

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