acclaim vs ovation

acclaim

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

verb
  • To express great approval (for). 

  • To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation. 

  • To declare by acclamations. 

  • To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. 

ovation

noun
  • Prolonged enthusiastic applause. 

  • A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement. 

  • A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph. 

verb
  • To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause). 

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