lighten vs magnify

lighten

verb
  • To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. 

  • To become light or lighter in weight. 

  • To make less serious or more cheerful. 

  • To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. 

  • To descend; to light. 

  • To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning. 

  • To alleviate; to reduce the burden of. 

  • To become less serious or more cheerful. 

  • To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate. 

  • To make light or lighter in weight. 

magnify

verb
  • To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate. 

  • To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc. 

  • To make (something) larger or more important. 

  • To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). 

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