make out vs recognize

make out

verb
  • To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. 

  • To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). 

  • To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee. 

  • To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. 

  • To embrace and kiss passionately. 

  • To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse. 

recognize

verb
  • To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in. 

  • To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. 

  • To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc. 

  • to cognize again 

  • To have the property to bind to specific antigens. 

  • To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property). 

  • To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration. 

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