distend vs lengthen

distend

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

  • To cause to swell. 

  • To cause gravidity. 

lengthen

verb
  • To make longer, to extend the length of. 

  • To become longer. 

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