strengthen vs take heart

strengthen

verb
  • To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten. 

  • To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify. 

  • To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something) 

  • To grow strong or stronger. 

  • To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.) 

  • To augment; to improve; to intensify. 

take heart

verb
  • To be courageous; to regain one's courage. 

intj
  • Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation. 

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