ovation vs wax lyrical

ovation

verb

  • To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause). 

noun

  • A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement. 

  • Prolonged enthusiastic applause. 

  • A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph. 

wax lyrical

verb

  • To speak very enthusiastically about something. 

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