praise vs stricture

praise

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

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

stricture

noun
  • A sternly critical remark or review. 

  • The degree of contact, in consonants. 

  • Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. 

  • A general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology. 

  • A rule restricting behaviour or action. 

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