embiggen vs leaven

embiggen

verb
  • To enlarge or grow; to become bigger. 

  • To enlarge; to make bigger. 

leaven

verb
  • To rise or become larger. 

  • To add a leavening agent. 

  • To cause to rise by fermentation. 

  • To temper an action or decision. 

  • To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. 

noun
  • Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change. 

  • Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. 

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