abase vs build up

abase

verb
  • To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. 

build up

verb
  • To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages. 

  • To close up by building. 

  • To strengthen. 

  • In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣) 

  • To erect; to construct. 

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