engaging vs taking

engaging

adj
  • Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour. 

  • That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling. 

taking

adj
  • Alluring; attractive. 

noun
  • A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. 

  • The act by which something is taken. 

  • Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example). 

  • A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). 

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