extenuate vs sugarcoat

extenuate

verb
  • To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something). 

sugarcoat

verb
  • To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to. 

  • To coat with sugar. 

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