acclaim vs laud

acclaim

verb
  • To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. 

  • To express great approval (for). 

  • To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation. 

  • To declare by acclamations. 

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

laud

verb
  • To praise; to glorify. 

noun
  • Praise or glorification. 

  • A prayer service following matins. 

  • Hymn of praise. 

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