dampen vs ignite

dampen

verb
  • To become damp or moist. 

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

  • To become damped or deadened. 

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

ignite

verb
  • To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances. 

  • to commence burning. 

  • to spark off (something), to trigger 

  • to set fire to (something), to light (something) 

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