edifying vs wholesome

edifying

adj
  • That enlightens or uplifts. 

  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. 

noun
  • edification 

wholesome

adj
  • Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous. 

  • Promoting moral and mental well-being. 

  • Promoting good physical health and well-being. 

  • Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy. 

  • Decent; innocuous; sweet. 

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