breadth vs lessening

breadth

noun
  • The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is. 

  • A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition. 

  • A piece of fabric of standard width. 

  • The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph. 

  • Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill. 

lessening

noun
  • A growing lesser; reduction or decrease. 

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