make nice vs placate

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. 

placate

verb
  • To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate. 

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