encouraging vs reassuring

encouraging

adj

  • giving courage, confidence or hope 

  • supporting by giving encouragement 

  • auspicious, or bringing good luck 

noun

  • encouragement 

reassuring

adj

  • That reassures; causing comfort or confidence. 

noun

  • reassurance 

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