ballyhoo vs hesitate

ballyhoo

verb
  • To sensationalise or make grand claims. 

noun
  • An unseaworthy or slovenly ship. 

  • Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity. 

  • Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools. 

  • Hemiramphus brasiliensis 

  • Noisy shouting or uproar. 

hesitate

verb
  • To stammer; to falter in speaking. 

  • To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. 

  • To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. 

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