champion vs promote

champion

verb
  • To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.). 

noun
  • Someone who fights for a cause or status. 

  • An ongoing winner in a game or contest. 

  • Someone who fights on another's behalf. 

  • A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size. 

  • Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. 

adj
  • Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors. 

  • Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise. 

  • Excellent; beyond compare. 

promote

verb
  • To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity. 

  • To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure. 

  • To elevate to a higher league. 

  • To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. 

  • To move on to a subsequent stage of education. 

  • To encourage, urge or incite. 

  • To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank. 

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