perk up vs sadden

perk up

verb
  • to become more lively or enthusiastic. 

  • To cause to be more upright, straighten up 

  • to cause to be more lively or enthusiastic. 

  • His ears perked up when he heard there would be ice cream. 

  • To become more upright 

sadden

verb
  • To darken a color during dyeing. 

  • To make sad or unhappy. 

  • To become sad or unhappy. 

  • To render heavy or cohesive. 

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