bombast vs intone

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. 

intone

verb
  • To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. 

  • To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant. 

  • To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. 

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