admire vs idolize

admire

verb
  • To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. 

  • To regard with wonder and delight. 

  • To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.) 

  • To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem. 

idolize

verb
  • To adore excessively; to revere immoderately. 

  • To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol. 

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