honor vs profane

honor

noun
  • a privilege 

  • recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful) 

  • a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen 

  • the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point) 

  • the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity 

  • (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank 

  • a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament. 

  • a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended 

  • the privilege of going first 

  • In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack. 

  • the right to play one's ball before one's opponent. 

verb
  • to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of 

  • to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone) 

  • to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.) 

  • to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like) 

profane

adj
  • Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular. 

  • Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain 

  • Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious. 

  • Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing. 

verb
  • To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate 

  • To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile. 

noun
  • A person or thing that is profane. 

  • A person not a Mason. 

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