coax vs repulse

coax

verb
  • To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. 

  • To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position. 

repulse

verb
  • To reject or rebuff. 

  • To repel or drive back. 

  • To cause revulsion in. 

noun
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed 

  • refusal, rejection or repulsion 

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