rebuff vs sneer

rebuff

noun
  • A sudden resistance or refusal. 

  • Repercussion, or beating back. 

  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. 

verb
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. 

  • To buff again. 

sneer

noun
  • A display of contempt; scorn. 

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

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

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

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