pleasing vs soothing

pleasing

adj
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. 

noun
  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing." 

soothing

adj
  • Giving relief. 

  • Freeing from fear or anxiety. 

  • Tending to soothe. 

noun
  • The act by which somebody is soothed. 

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