build up vs distend

build up

verb
  • To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages. 

  • To close up by building. 

  • To strengthen. 

  • In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣) 

  • To erect; to construct. 

distend

verb
  • To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell 

  • To cause to swell. 

  • To cause gravidity. 

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