fix up vs mess up

fix up

verb
  • To repair or refurbish. 

  • To prepare or provide (something). 

  • To set up a date or to introduce people with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling. 

  • To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. 

mess up

verb
  • To damage; injure. 

  • To manhandle; beat up; rough up. 

  • To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. 

  • To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. 

  • To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. 

  • To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. 

  • To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. 

  • To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. 

How often have the words fix up and mess up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )