persuade vs suppress

persuade

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

suppress

verb
  • To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression. 

  • To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained. 

  • To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. 

  • To prevent publication. 

  • To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. 

  • To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind. 

  • To stop a flow or stream. 

  • To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal. 

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