curse vs favor

curse

noun
  • A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. 

  • The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment. 

  • A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. 

  • A vulgar epithet. 

verb
  • To place a curse upon (a person or object). 

  • To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. 

  • To use offensive or morally inappropriate language. 

  • To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet. 

  • To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. 

favor

noun
  • A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone). 

  • A small gift; a party favor. 

  • Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. 

  • Partiality; bias 

  • Goodwill; benevolent regard. 

  • The object of regard; person or thing favoured. 

verb
  • To resemble; especially, to look like (another person). 

  • To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward. 

  • To look upon fondly; to prefer. 

  • To use more often. 

  • To encourage, conduce to 

  • To treat with care. 

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