grandiose vs rhetorical

grandiose

adj
  • Pompous or pretentious. 

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

rhetorical

adj
  • Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument. 

  • Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade. 

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