embiggen vs thicken

embiggen

verb
  • To enlarge; to make bigger. 

  • To enlarge or grow; to become bigger. 

thicken

verb
  • To become thicker (in the sense of wider). 

  • To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous). 

  • To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous). 

  • To make thicker (in the sense of wider). 

  • To make more frequent. 

  • To strengthen; to confirm. 

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