persuade vs set against

persuade

verb
  • To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. 

set against

verb
  • To cause an individual to be in conflict or opposition with someone or something. 

  • To have a strong feeling of not desiring to do something. 

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