discouraging vs persecution

discouraging

noun
  • discouragement 

adj
  • that causes discouragement 

persecution

noun
  • The act of persecuting. 

  • A program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people, often based on race, religion, sexuality, or social beliefs. 

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