ambition vs craze

ambition

noun
  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

craze

noun
  • A strong habitual desire or fancy. 

  • A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad. 

  • A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat. 

verb
  • To derange the intellect of; to render insane. 

  • To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. 

  • To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. 

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