fawning vs flattery

fawning

noun
  • Servile flattery. 

adj
  • Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile. 

flattery

noun
  • An instance of excessive praise. 

  • Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour. 

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