bring down vs knock down

bring down

verb
  • To reduce. 

  • To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident. 

  • To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind. 

  • To make someone feel bad emotionally. 

  • To make a ruler lose their position of power. 

  • To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle. 

  • To humble. 

knock down

verb
  • To reduce the price of. 

  • To drink fast. 

  • To disassemble for shipment. 

  • To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls. 

  • To demolish. 

  • To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table. 

  • At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel. 

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