allay vs inspire

allay

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

  • To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. 

noun
  • Alleviation; abatement; check. 

inspire

verb
  • To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. 

  • To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration. 

  • To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale. 

  • To spread rumour indirectly. 

  • To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to. 

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