degrade vs magnify

degrade

verb
  • To reduce in quality or purity. 

  • To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. 

  • To lower in value or social position. 

magnify

verb
  • To make (something) larger or more important. 

  • To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc. 

  • To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). 

  • To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. 

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