lessen vs make nice

lessen

verb
  • To make less; to diminish; to reduce. 

  • To become less. 

conj
  • unless. 

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 lessen and make nice occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )