elation vs merriment

elation

noun
  • A feeling of joy and pride. 

  • A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center). 

  • An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. 

merriment

noun
  • A state of enjoyable exuberance. 

  • Playful fun. 

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