scorn vs sneer

scorn

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • 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. 

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