aggrandize vs upgrade

aggrandize

verb
  • To increase or become great. 

  • To make appear great or greater; to exalt. 

  • To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.). 

  • To make great; to enlarge; to increase. 

upgrade

verb
  • To improve in condition or status. 

  • To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components 

  • To replace with something better. 

  • To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to 

  • To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name. 

adv
  • Up a slope or grade. 

noun
  • An upward grade or slope. 

  • An improvement 

  • An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology 

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