allay vs lighten

allay

verb
  • To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. 

  • To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. 

noun
  • Alleviation; abatement; check. 

lighten

verb
  • To alleviate; to reduce the burden of. 

  • To become light or lighter in weight. 

  • To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. 

  • To make less serious or more cheerful. 

  • To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. 

  • To descend; to light. 

  • To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning. 

  • To become less serious or more cheerful. 

  • To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. 

  • To make light or lighter in weight. 

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