encouragement vs praise

encouragement

noun
  • The act of encouraging 

  • Words or actions that increase someone's confidence 

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

  • The feeling of being encouraged 

praise

noun
  • Commendation; favourable representation in words. 

  • Worship. 

verb
  • To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. 

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