abridge vs broaden

abridge

verb
  • Cut short; truncate. 

  • To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. 

  • To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense. 

  • To curtail. 

broaden

verb
  • To make broad or broader. 

  • To become broad or broader. 

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