make tick vs make waves

make tick

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, tick. 

  • To cause someone or something to operate the way it does. 

make waves

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, wave. 

  • To cause a disturbance. 

  • To upset the status quo. 

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