belittle vs build up

belittle

verb
  • To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. 

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 belittle and build up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )