blow-up vs elaborate

blow-up

noun
  • An enlargement (e.g. of a photograph). 

  • An explosion (physical or emotional). 

adj
  • Inflatable; able to be blown up. 

elaborate

adj
  • Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy. 

  • Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. 

verb
  • to develop in detail or complexity 

  • (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail 

How often have the words blow-up and elaborate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )