ax to grind vs delusion

ax to grind

noun
  • A grudge or grievance, with implications of confrontation. 

  • A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest. 

delusion

noun
  • The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody. 

  • A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts. 

  • A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary. 

  • That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. 

How often have the words ax to grind and delusion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )