evangelize vs persuade

evangelize

verb
  • To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote. 

  • To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it. 

  • Coordinate term: proselytize 

  • To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to. 

  • Hypernym: proselytize 

persuade

verb
  • To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. 

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