magnify vs widen

magnify

verb
  • To make (something) larger or more important. 

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

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

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

widen

verb
  • To make wide or wider. 

  • To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values. 

  • To broaden or extend in scope or range. 

  • To become wide or wider. 

  • To let out clothes to a larger size. 

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