rancor vs sympathy

rancor

noun
  • A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness. 

  • Rancidity, rankness. 

sympathy

noun
  • A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another. 

  • Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions. 

  • Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting. 

  • The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune. 

  • The ability to share the feelings of another. 

  • Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it. 

  • An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition. 

  • Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude. 

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