contempt vs scorn

contempt

noun
  • The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace. 

  • Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body. 

  • The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain. 

scorn

noun
  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

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

  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

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