despite vs though

despite

noun
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 

prep
  • In spite of, notwithstanding. 

though

conj
  • Despite the fact that; although. 

adv
  • Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. 

  • Despite that; however. 

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