lighten vs make nice

lighten

verb
  • To make less serious or more cheerful. 

  • To become light or lighter in weight. 

  • To become brighter or clearer; to brighten. 

  • 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. 

make nice

verb
  • To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person. 

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