approbation vs praise

approbation

noun
  • The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition. 

praise

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

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

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