hate vs motive

hate

noun
  • An object of hatred. 

  • Hatred. 

  • Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. 

verb
  • Used in a phrasal verb: hate on. 

  • To experience hatred. 

  • To dislike intensely or greatly. 

motive

noun
  • A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated. 

  • A motif. 

  • An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action. 

  • Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. 

verb
  • To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. 

adj
  • Relating to motion and/or to its cause 

  • Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move 

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