calm vs mollify

calm

verb
  • To make calm. 

  • To become calm. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

mollify

verb
  • To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort. 

  • To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of. 

  • To soften; to make tender 

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