importance vs kudos

importance

noun
  • significance or prominence. 

  • The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note. 

  • Something of importance. 

  • personal status or standing. 

kudos

noun
  • Praise; accolades. 

  • Credit for one's achievements. 

verb
  • To give praise or accolades. 

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