cheer vs felicity

cheer

noun
  • A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood. 

  • A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah". 

  • That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion. 

  • A chant made in support of a team at a sports event. 

  • Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport. 

verb
  • To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up. 

  • To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. 

  • To feel or express enthusiasm for (something). 

  • To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts. 

felicity

noun
  • Happiness; (countable) an instance of this. 

  • Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt. 

  • An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words. 

  • Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. 

  • Good luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic. 

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