pay homage to vs praise

pay homage to

verb

  • to show honor or respect to; to honor 

praise

verb

  • To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. 

noun

  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

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