revere vs sneer

revere

verb
  • to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion. 

  • to honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g. a saint, or an idol 

noun
  • a revers 

sneer

verb
  • To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly. 

  • To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn 

noun
  • A display of contempt; scorn. 

  • A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn. 

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