descant vs intone

descant

verb
  • To sing or play a descant. 

  • To discuss at length. 

noun
  • A lengthy discourse on a subject. 

  • A counterpoint melody sung or played above the theme. 

intone

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

  • To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. 

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

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