mollify vs quell

mollify

verb
  • To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort. 

  • To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of. 

  • To soften; to make tender 

quell

verb
  • To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. 

  • To die. 

  • To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. 

noun
  • A subduing. 

  • An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly. 

  • A source, especially a spring. 

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