dampen vs dissipate

dampen

verb
  • To become damped or deadened. 

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

  • To become damp or moist. 

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

dissipate

verb
  • To use up or waste; squander. 

  • To drive away, disperse. 

  • To vanish by dispersion. 

  • To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat. 

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