degrade vs renovate

degrade

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

  • To lower in value or social position. 

  • To reduce in quality or purity. 

renovate

verb
  • To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again. 

  • To restore to freshness or vigor. 

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