humour vs ridicule

humour

noun
  • The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. 

  • Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. 

  • Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour. 

  • A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim. 

verb
  • To pacify by indulging. 

ridicule

noun
  • The quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. 

  • An object of sport or laughter; a laughing stock. 

  • derision; mocking or humiliating words or behaviour 

  • A small woman's handbag; a reticule. 

verb
  • to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of 

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