act on vs pressure

act on

verb
  • Το act accordingly to a (usually sublimated) desire or impulse. 

  • To affect something. 

  • To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced. 

  • To take action against something. 

pressure

verb
  • To encourage or heavily exert force or influence. 

noun
  • A pressing; a force applied to a surface. 

  • Distress. 

  • The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area. 

  • A contrasting force or impulse of any kind 

  • Urgency 

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