edifying vs hortative

edifying

adj
  • That enlightens or uplifts. 

  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. 

noun
  • edification 

hortative

adj
  • Urging, exhorting, or encouraging. 

  • Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement. 

noun
  • A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement. 

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