ecstasy vs exaltation

ecstasy

noun
  • A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. 

  • Intense pleasure. 

  • The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form. 

  • A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. 

verb
  • To experience intense pleasure. 

  • To cause intense pleasure in. 

exaltation

noun
  • The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. 

  • The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. 

  • That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. 

  • The collective noun for larks. 

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