discredit vs scorn

discredit

noun
  • Discrediting or disbelieving. 

  • A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach. 

  • A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution. 

  • The state of being discredited or disbelieved. 

verb
  • To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable. 

scorn

noun
  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

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 discredit and scorn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )