sex up vs titillate

sex up

verb
  • To arouse somebody sexually 

  • To enhance in terms of fashionable appeal. 

  • To sensationalize. 

  • To make more sexually attractive. 

  • To take part in sexual acts with. 

titillate

verb
  • To stimulate or excite sensually 

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