anodyne vs soporific

anodyne

adj
  • Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. 

  • Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. 

  • Soothing or relaxing. 

noun
  • A source of relaxation or comfort. 

  • Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain. 

soporific

adj
  • Tending to induce sleep. 

  • Boring, dull. 

noun
  • Something boring or dull. 

  • Something inducing sleep, especially a drug. 

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