merit vs sin

merit

verb
  • To be deserving or worthy. 

  • To deserve, to earn. 

noun
  • Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing. 

  • A claim to commendation or a reward. 

  • A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence. 

  • Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward. 

  • The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment. 

sin

verb
  • To commit a sin. 

noun
  • Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity. 

  • A misdeed or wrong. 

  • A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ 

  • An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. 

  • A violation of God's will or religious law. 

  • A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. 

  • A flaw or mistake. 

  • A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س 

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