elevate vs raze

elevate

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

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

raze

verb
  • To demolish; to level to the ground. 

  • To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate. 

  • To scrape as if with a razor. 

noun
  • A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through. 

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