bombast vs remark

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. 

remark

verb
  • To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation. 

  • To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something). 

  • To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive. 

noun
  • make a remark 

  • A casual observation, comment, or statement 

  • An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something 

  • An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation. 

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