scorn vs taunt

scorn

noun
  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • 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. 

taunt

noun
  • A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery 

verb
  • to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. 

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