despite vs spite

despite

prep
  • In spite of, notwithstanding. 

noun
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 

spite

prep
  • Notwithstanding; despite. 

verb
  • To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart. 

  • To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. 

noun
  • Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice 

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