lessen vs putrefy

lessen

verb
  • To make less; to diminish; to reduce. 

  • To become less. 

conj
  • unless. 

putrefy

verb
  • To corrupt; to make foul. 

  • To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous. 

  • To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance. 

  • To reach an advanced stage of decomposition. 

  • To become gangrenous. 

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