acclaim vs discourage

acclaim

verb
  • To express great approval (for). 

  • To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation. 

  • To declare by acclamations. 

  • To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. 

noun
  • An acclamation; a shout of applause. 

discourage

verb
  • To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. 

  • To persuade somebody not to do (something). 

noun
  • Lack of courage 

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