alexithymic vs comfort

alexithymic

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

adj
  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

comfort

noun
  • A cause of relief or satisfaction. 

  • Something that offers comfort. 

  • A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. 

  • Contentment, ease. 

verb
  • To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. 

  • To make comfortable. 

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