produce vs shorten

produce

verb
  • To extend an area, or lengthen a line. 

  • To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate. 

  • To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection. 

  • To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public. 

  • To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing. 

noun
  • Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms. 

  • Livestock and pet food supplies. 

  • That which is produced. 

  • Offspring. 

shorten

verb
  • To make shorter; to abbreviate. 

  • To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen. 

  • To take in the slack of (a rope). 

  • To reduce (sail) by taking it in. 

  • To become shorter. 

  • To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc. 

  • To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of). 

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