grandiose vs magnificent

grandiose

adj
  • Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent. 

  • Pompous or pretentious. 

magnificent

adj
  • Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance. 

  • Grand or noble in action. 

  • Exceptional for its kind. 

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