incentive vs inhibition

incentive

noun
  • Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. 

  • A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder. 

adj
  • Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating. 

  • Serving to kindle or set on fire. 

inhibition

noun
  • A recusal. 

  • A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings. 

  • The act of inhibiting. 

  • A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally. 

  • The process of stopping or retarding a reaction. 

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