aspiration vs longing

aspiration

noun
  • The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of). 

  • The action of aspirating. 

  • A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants. 

longing

noun
  • An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire. 

  • The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise 

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