degrade vs touch up

degrade

verb
  • To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. 

  • To lower in value or social position. 

  • To reduce in quality or purity. 

touch up

verb
  • To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect. 

  • To fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way. 

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