allay vs alleviate

allay

verb
  • To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. 

  • To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. 

noun
  • Alleviation; abatement; check. 

alleviate

verb
  • To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty . 

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