appreciate vs pay homage to

appreciate

verb
  • To be grateful or thankful for. 

  • To increase in value. 

  • To view as valuable. 

  • To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect. 

pay homage to

verb
  • to show honor or respect to; to honor 

How often have the words appreciate and pay homage to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )