edifying vs explanatory

edifying

adj
  • That enlightens or uplifts. 

  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. 

noun
  • edification 

explanatory

adj
  • Intended to serve as an explanation. 

  • Disposed to explain. 

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