genial vs welcoming

genial

adj
  • Friendly and cheerful. 

  • Pleasantly mild and warm. 

  • Marked by genius. 

  • Relating to the chin; genian. 

welcoming

adj
  • hospitable, accessible and cordial. 

noun
  • An act of giving welcome. 

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