discouragement vs elation

discouragement

noun
  • The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. 

  • Anything that discourages. 

  • The act of discouraging. 

elation

noun
  • An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. 

  • A feeling of joy and pride. 

  • A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center). 

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