elevate vs minimize

elevate

verb
  • To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value. 

  • To raise (something) to a higher position. 

  • To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things. 

  • To confer honor or nobility on (someone). 

  • To promote (someone) to a higher rank. 

  • To increase the intensity or degree of (something). 

minimize

verb
  • To relegate or assign (something) to a less insignificant status; diminish. 

  • To treat (someone) in a slighting manner. 

  • To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce. 

  • To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption. 

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