compose vs sweeten

compose

verb
  • To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work. 

  • To comprise. 

  • To calm; to free from agitation. 

  • To make up the whole; to constitute. 

  • To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement. 

  • To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture. 

  • To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition. 

  • To make something by merging parts. 

sweeten

verb
  • To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings. 

  • To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings. 

  • To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter. 

  • To make warm and fertile. 

  • To restore to purity; to free from taint. 

  • To become sweet. 

  • To make less painful or laborious; to relieve. 

  • To soften to the eye; to make delicate. 

  • To make sweet to the taste. 

  • To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations. 

  • To make mild or kind; to soften. 

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