provoking vs soothing

provoking

noun

  • provocation 

adj

  • annoying; irritating 

soothing

noun

  • The act by which somebody is soothed. 

adj

  • Giving relief. 

  • Freeing from fear or anxiety. 

  • Tending to soothe. 

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