lilting vs lyrical

lilting

adj
  • Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful. 

noun
  • A type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung, often to nonsense syllables. 

lyrical

adj
  • Expressive of emotion. 

  • Appropriate for or suggestive of singing. 

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