inflection vs verbalism

inflection

noun
  • Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories. 

  • Diffraction. 

  • Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation. 

  • An affix representing such an instance. 

  • A turning away from a straight course. 

  • A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave. 

  • A change in pitch or tone of voice. 

  • An instance of such change. 

verbalism

noun
  • The excessive use of words, often with little meaning 

  • The expression of a concept in words; the wording used in such an expression 

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