assuage vs sate

assuage

verb
  • To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). 

  • To pacify or soothe (someone). 

sate

verb
  • To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up. 

noun
  • satay 

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