larger than life vs towering

larger than life

adj
  • Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case. 

  • Usually of a person: very imposing, renowned, or impressively influential. 

towering

adj
  • Very tall or high, so as to dwarf anything around it. 

noun
  • The act or condition of being high above others. 

How often have the words larger than life and towering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )