encouragement vs nipping in the bud

encouragement

noun
  • Words or actions that increase someone's confidence 

  • Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive 

  • The feeling of being encouraged 

  • The act of encouraging 

nipping in the bud

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