cajole vs coerce

cajole

verb
  • To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax. 

noun
  • The act of cajoling 

coerce

verb
  • To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. 

  • To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. 

  • To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type. 

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