afire vs aflare

afire

adj
  • On fire (often metaphorically). 

adv
  • On fire (often metaphorically). 

aflare

adj
  • Illuminated (with something blazing or shining). 

  • Flaring (opening outward). 

  • Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion). 

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