exalt vs torment

exalt

verb
  • To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate. 

  • To honor; to hold in high esteem. 

  • To elate, or fill with the joy of success. 

torment

noun
  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

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