sicken vs take ill

sicken

verb
  • To become ill. 

  • To fill with disgust or abhorrence. 

  • To lower the standing of. 

  • To make ill. 

  • To be filled with disgust or abhorrence. 

  • To become disgusting or tedious. 

  • To become weak; to decay; to languish. 

take ill

verb
  • To become ill, to fall ill. 

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