memorialize vs pay tribute to

memorialize

verb
  • To create a written record of a meeting or conversation. 

  • To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate. 

  • To convert (someone’s profile) into a memorial site/page (e.g. on Facebook). 

pay tribute to

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