dampen vs depress

dampen

verb
  • To become damped or deadened. 

  • To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things). 

  • To become damp or moist. 

  • To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet. 

depress

verb
  • To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.). 

  • To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy. 

  • To make depressed, sad or bored. 

  • To press down. 

  • To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. 

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