deteriorate vs worsen

deteriorate

verb
  • To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair. 

  • To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. 

worsen

verb
  • To make worse; to impair. 

  • To become worse; to get worse. 

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