insult vs salve

insult

noun
  • Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. 

  • Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). 

  • Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. 

verb
  • To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). 

salve

intj
  • Hail; a greeting. 

verb
  • To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good. 

  • To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute. 

  • To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint. 

  • To calm or assuage. 

noun
  • An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects. 

  • Any remedy or action that soothes or heals. 

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