declaim vs sound off

declaim

verb
  • To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech. 

  • To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. 

  • To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking. 

sound off

verb
  • To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner. 

  • Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met. 

  • Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something. 

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