ornament vs sully

ornament

noun
  • The articles used in church services. 

  • A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate) 

  • A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line. 

  • An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. 

  • A Christmas tree decoration. 

verb
  • To decorate. 

  • To add to. 

sully

verb
  • To corrupt or damage. 

  • To soil or stain; to dirty. 

  • To become soiled or tarnished. 

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