laud vs pay homage to

laud

verb

  • To praise; to glorify. 

noun

  • Praise or glorification. 

  • A prayer service following matins. 

  • Hymn of praise. 

pay homage to

verb

  • to show honor or respect to; to honor 

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