allay vs distract

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. 

distract

verb
  • To divert the attention of. 

  • To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction. 

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