befriend vs counteract

befriend

verb
  • To favor. 

  • To become a friend of, to make friends with. 

counteract

verb
  • To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on 

  • To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate 

noun
  • An action performed in opposition to another action. 

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