reminisce vs spell out

reminisce

noun
  • An act of reminiscence. 

verb
  • To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically. 

  • To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories. 

  • To remember fondly; to reminisce about. 

spell out

verb
  • To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word. 

  • To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit. 

  • To replace an acronym with its expansion. 

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