commendation vs insult

commendation

noun
  • The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. 

  • That which is the ground of approbation or praise. 

  • A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. 

  • An award or recognition for performance; a medal. 

insult

noun
  • Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. 

  • Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. 

  • Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). 

verb
  • To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). 

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