sully vs vitiate

sully

verb
  • To corrupt or damage. 

  • To soil or stain; to dirty. 

  • To become soiled or tarnished. 

vitiate

verb
  • To debase or morally corrupt. 

  • To make something ineffective, to invalidate. 

  • To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something. 

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