fame vs laurels

fame

noun
  • One's reputation. 

  • The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of. 

verb
  • to make (someone or something) famous 

laurels

noun
  • Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo. 

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