encourage vs inspire

encourage

verb
  • To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. 

  • To spur on, strongly recommend. 

  • To foster, give help or patronage 

inspire

verb
  • To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration. 

  • To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale. 

  • To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. 

  • To spread rumour indirectly. 

  • To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to. 

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