discouragement vs encouragement

discouragement

noun
  • The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. 

  • Anything that discourages. 

  • The act of discouraging. 

encouragement

noun
  • Words or actions that increase someone's confidence 

  • Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive 

  • The feeling of being encouraged 

  • The act of encouraging 

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