defeat vs encouragement

defeat

noun
  • The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing. 

  • The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss. 

  • Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification. 

verb
  • To nullify 

  • To prevent (something) from being achieved. 

  • To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. 

  • To overcome in battle or contest. 

encouragement

noun
  • The act of encouraging 

  • Words or actions that increase someone's confidence 

  • Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive 

  • The feeling of being encouraged 

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