pacifier vs quietive

pacifier

noun
  • Someone or something that pacifies. 

  • A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. 

quietive

noun
  • Something that quietens; a sedative. 

adj
  • Tending to quieten or make passive. 

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