moisturizing vs softening

moisturizing

noun
  • The act of making something moist; especially, of a cosmetic, making the skin or hair less dry. 

adj
  • That moisturizes. 

softening

noun
  • The process of making something soft. 

  • The process of becoming soft. 

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