acerbic vs hurtful

acerbic

adj
  • Sharp, harsh, biting. 

  • Tasting sour or bitter. 

hurtful

adj
  • Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting. 

  • Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury. 

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