bombast vs croak

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. 

croak

verb
  • To utter in a low, hoarse voice. 

  • To kill someone or something. 

  • To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. 

  • To die. 

  • To make a croak. 

  • To make its sound. 

noun
  • The call of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit) 

  • A faint, harsh sound made in the throat. 

  • The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures. 

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