aggrandize vs inflate

aggrandize

verb
  • To make great; to enlarge; to increase. 

  • 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 increase or become great. 

inflate

verb
  • To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally 

  • To decompress (data) that was previously deflated. 

  • To swell; to puff up. 

  • To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas). 

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