disgrace vs smirch

disgrace

verb
  • To put someone out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon. 

noun
  • The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame. 

  • The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. 

  • Something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit. 

smirch

verb
  • To harm the reputation of; to smear or slander. 

  • To dirty; to make dirty. 

noun
  • A chirp of radiation power from an astronomical body that has a smeared appearance on its plot in the time-frequency plane (usually associated with massive bodies orbiting supermassive black holes) 

  • A stain on somebody's reputation. 

  • Dirt, or a stain. 

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