encomium vs slander

encomium

noun
  • The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series. 

  • A method within rhetorical pedagogy. 

  • A general category of oratory. 

  • Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute. 

  • A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue. 

slander

verb
  • To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of. 

  • To poke fun at a certain group of people 

noun
  • A collection of humorous videos intended to poke fun at a certain group of people, such as a community or nation 

  • A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement. 

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