laud vs scold

laud

noun
  • Praise or glorification. 

  • A prayer service following matins. 

  • Hymn of praise. 

verb
  • To praise; to glorify. 

scold

noun
  • A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman. 

verb
  • Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression. 

  • Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding. 

  • To rebuke angrily. 

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