respect vs taint

respect

noun
  • a particular aspect, feature or detail of something 

  • an attitude of consideration or high regard 

  • Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death. 

  • Good will; favor 

  • good opinion, honor, or admiration 

verb
  • To abide by an agreement. 

  • To have respect for. 

  • To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed. 

  • To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right. 

  • To relate to; to be concerned with. 

intj
  • hello, hi 

taint

noun
  • A tinge, trace or touch. 

  • A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish. 

  • A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks. 

  • A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food. 

  • A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. 

  • An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. 

  • The perineum. 

verb
  • To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally. 

  • To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner. 

  • To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting. 

  • To thrust ineffectually with a lance. 

  • To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it. 

  • To be affected with incipient putrefaction. 

  • To spoil (food) by contamination. 

  • To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks. 

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