evangelize vs teach

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 

teach

verb
  • To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something). 

  • To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher. 

  • To pass on knowledge to. 

  • To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action. 

noun
  • teacher 

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