affront vs scorn

affront

verb
  • To insult intentionally, especially openly. 

  • To meet defiantly; to confront. 

noun
  • An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. 

scorn

verb
  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. 

  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

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