make tick vs occur

make tick

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

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

occur

verb
  • To happen or take place. 

  • To present or offer itself. 

  • To be present or found. 

  • To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. 

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