verbal vs vilification

verbal

noun
  • Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding. 

  • A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. 

  • A spoken confession given to police. 

adj
  • Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text. 

  • Of or relating to words. 

  • Capable of speech. 

  • Used to form a verb. 

  • Word for word. 

  • Derived from, or having the nature of a verb. 

  • Consisting of words only. 

  • Expressly spoken rather than written; oral. 

verb
  • To induce into fabricating a confession. 

vilification

noun
  • slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination 

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