aggrandize vs gild the lily

aggrandize

verb
  • To make appear great or greater; to exalt. 

  • To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.). 

  • To make great; to enlarge; to increase. 

  • To increase or become great. 

gild the lily

verb
  • To embellish or improve something unnecessarily. 

  • To add superfluous attributes to something. 

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