calm vs foment

calm

noun
  • The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion. 

  • A period of time without wind. 

  • The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance. 

verb
  • To become calm. 

  • To make calm. 

adj
  • with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled. 

  • Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety. 

  • Free of noise and disturbance. 

  • Without wind or storm. 

foment

noun
  • Fomentation. 

verb
  • To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. 

  • To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. 

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