congeal vs thicken

congeal

verb
  • To become congealed, solidify. 

  • To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage. 

  • To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly. 

  • To make rigid or immobile. 

thicken

verb
  • To strengthen; to confirm. 

  • To become thicker (in the sense of wider). 

  • To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous). 

  • To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous). 

  • To make thicker (in the sense of wider). 

  • To make more frequent. 

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