come to a stop vs lessen

come to a stop

verb
  • To reach a point where little progress is being made; to come to an impasse; to stop. 

  • To stop moving or being active; to stop. 

lessen

verb
  • To become less. 

  • To make less; to diminish; to reduce. 

conj
  • unless. 

How often have the words come to a stop and lessen occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )