reinforce vs weaken

reinforce

verb
  • To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. 

  • To emphasize or review. 

  • To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus. 

weaken

verb
  • To make weaker or less strong. 

  • To become weaker or less strong. 

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