lofty vs soaring

lofty

adj
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty 

  • high, tall, having great height or stature 

  • idealistic, implying over-optimism 

soaring

noun
  • The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight. 

adj
  • assurgent, ascending 

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