despair vs reliance

despair

noun
  • That which causes despair. 

  • Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. 

  • That which is despaired of. 

verb
  • To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. 

  • To cause to despair. 

reliance

noun
  • A person or thing which relies on another. 

  • The condition of being reliant or dependent. 

  • The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust. 

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