praise vs scold

praise

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

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

scold

verb
  • Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression. 

  • Of birds, to make vocalisations that resemble human scolding. 

  • To rebuke angrily. 

noun
  • A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman. 

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