anodyne vs sleeping tablet

anodyne

noun
  • Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain. 

  • A source of relaxation or comfort. 

adj
  • Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. 

  • Soothing or relaxing. 

  • Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. 

sleeping tablet

noun
  • A sleeping pill. 

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