balmy vs soothing

balmy

adj
  • Soothing or fragrant. 

  • Producing balm. 

  • Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. 

  • Of weather, mild and pleasant. 

soothing

adj
  • Tending to soothe. 

  • Giving relief. 

  • Freeing from fear or anxiety. 

noun
  • The act by which somebody is soothed. 

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