orate vs sound off

orate

verb
  • To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. 

  • To speak formally; to give a speech. 

adj
  • Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills. 

sound off

verb
  • To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner. 

  • Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met. 

  • Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something. 

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