adoration vs tribute

adoration

noun
  • Admiration or esteem. 

  • The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV). 

  • An act of religious worship. 

  • Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance. 

  • The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination. 

tribute

noun
  • An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift. 

  • A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment. 

  • A payment made by one nation to another in submission. 

  • Extortion; protection money. 

  • An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator. 

  • A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord. 

verb
  • To pay as tribute. 

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