soothe vs total

soothe

verb
  • To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery. 

  • To smooth over; render less obnoxious. 

  • To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh. 

  • To calm or placate someone or some situation. 

  • To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter. 

  • To ease or relieve pain or suffering. 

  • To bring comfort or relief. 

  • To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften. 

total

verb
  • To amount to; to add up to. 

  • To equal a total of; to amount to. 

  • To add up; to calculate the sum of. 

  • To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss) 

noun
  • An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. 

  • Sum. 

adj
  • Entire; relating to the whole of something. 

  • (of a function) Defined on all possible inputs. 

  • Complete; absolute. 

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