empty words vs rhetoric

empty words

noun
  • talk with little meaning, a message that seems to contain meaningful content but does not. 

rhetoric

noun
  • Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. 

  • The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. 

adj
  • Synonym of rhetorical. 

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