encouragement vs funk

encouragement

noun
  • Words or actions that increase someone's confidence 

  • Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive 

  • The feeling of being encouraged 

  • The act of encouraging 

funk

noun
  • One who fears or panics; a coward. 

  • A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation. 

  • Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. 

  • A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly. 

  • Mental depression. 

verb
  • To frighten; to cause to flinch. 

  • To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. 

  • To emit an offensive smell; to stink. 

  • To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. 

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