articulate vs bombast

articulate

verb
  • To speak clearly; to enunciate. 

  • To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend. 

  • To make clear or effective. 

  • To explain; to put into words; to make something specific. 

  • to form a joint or connect by joints 

  • to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc. 

noun
  • An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. 

adj
  • Speaking in a clear and effective manner. 

  • Distinctly marked off. 

  • Clear; effective. 

  • Consisting of segments united by joints. 

bombast

verb
  • To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner. 

  • To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad. 

adj
  • Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent. 

noun
  • High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking. 

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