bless vs glorify

bless

verb
  • To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence. 

  • To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. 

  • To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify. 

  • To esteem or account happy; to felicitate. 

  • To invoke divine favor upon. 

  • To turn (a reference) into an object. 

intj
  • Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement. 

glorify

verb
  • To worship or extol. 

  • To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly. 

  • To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). 

  • Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block. 

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