debase vs subvert

debase

verb
  • To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade. 

  • To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins. 

subvert

verb
  • To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. 

  • To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath). 

  • To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. 

noun
  • An advertisement created by subvertising. 

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