darken vs overshadow

darken

verb
  • To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. 

  • To become gloomy, darker in mood. 

  • To render gloomy, darker in mood. 

  • To become dark or darker (having less light). 

  • To make dark or darker by reducing light. 

  • To make dark or darker in colour. 

  • To blind, impair the eyesight. 

  • To become dark or darker in colour. 

  • To be blinded, lose one’s eyesight. 

  • To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. 

  • To get dark (referring to the sky, either in the evening or as a result of cloud). 

overshadow

verb
  • To obscure something by casting a shadow. 

  • To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. 

  • To shelter or protect. 

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