motherly vs patriarchal

motherly

adj
  • Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving. 

adv
  • In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother. 

patriarchal

adj
  • Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. 

  • Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy. 

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