escalate vs magnify

escalate

verb
  • To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. 

  • To climb. 

  • In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority 

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 escalate and magnify occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )