beneficial vs edifying

beneficial

adj
  • Helpful or good to something or someone. 

  • Relating to a benefice. 

noun
  • Something that is beneficial. 

edifying

adj
  • That enlightens or uplifts. 

  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. 

noun
  • edification 

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