redden vs sensitize

redden

verb
  • To make red or redder. 

  • To become red or redder. 

sensitize

verb
  • To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light. 

  • To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way. 

  • To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli. 

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