ceremony vs spectacle

ceremony

noun
  • Show of magnificence, display, ostentation. 

  • An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. 

  • A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality. 

  • A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. 

spectacle

noun
  • An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc. 

  • An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation. 

  • A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm. 

  • The brille of a snake. 

  • An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light. 

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