scorn vs shun

scorn

verb
  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

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

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

shun

verb
  • To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). 

  • To screen, hide. 

  • To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize. 

  • To shove, push. 

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