garland vs praise

garland

noun
  • An accolade or mark of honour. 

  • The top; the thing most prized. 

  • A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in. 

  • A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 

  • A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration. 

  • A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe. 

  • The crown of a monarch. 

verb
  • To deck or ornament something with a garland. 

  • To form something into a garland. 

praise

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

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

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