persuade vs shut out

persuade

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

shut out

verb
  • To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward. 

  • To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout. 

  • To hide from sight. 

  • To prevent from entering; to block or exclude. 

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