rhetoric vs tropology

rhetoric

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

  • Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. 

adj
  • Synonym of rhetorical. 

tropology

noun
  • The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech). 

  • The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation. 

  • A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes. 

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