abridge vs amplify

abridge

verb
  • Cut short; truncate. 

  • To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. 

  • To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. 

  • To curtail. 

amplify

verb
  • To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation. 

  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. 

  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense. 

  • To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. 

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