acclaim vs puff up

acclaim

verb
  • To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. 

  • To express great approval (for). 

  • To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation. 

  • To declare by acclamations. 

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

puff up

verb
  • To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.) 

  • To inflate with air. 

  • To swell due to injury or illness. 

  • To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat. 

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