evangelize vs proselytize

evangelize

verb
  • To preach any ideology to those who have not yet been converted to it. 

  • To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others; to promote. 

  • Coordinate term: proselytize 

  • To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to. 

  • Hypernym: proselytize 

proselytize

verb
  • To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so. 

  • To coerce into religious conversion. 

  • To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone. 

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