countenance vs discourage

countenance

verb
  • To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something. 

noun
  • Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face. 

  • Favour; support; encouragement. 

  • Calm facial expression, composure, self-control. 

discourage

verb
  • To persuade somebody not to do (something). 

  • To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. 

noun
  • Lack of courage 

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