honorable mention vs recognition

honorable mention

noun
  • An award or recognition given to a person or thing who does not make it to a higher standing but whose performance or entry was noteworthy. 

recognition

noun
  • Honour, favourable note, or attention. 

  • Acceptance as valid or true. 

  • The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity). 

  • A return of the feu to the superior. 

  • Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country. 

  • The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others. 

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