insult vs knock

insult

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

noun
  • 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). 

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

knock

verb
  • To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue. 

  • To kick a ball towards another player; to pass. 

  • To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. 

noun
  • An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. 

  • A sharp impact. 

  • A batsman's innings. 

  • A blow or setback. 

  • Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it. 

  • Synonym of hunger knock 

  • A criticism. 

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