afire vs smouldering

afire

adj
  • On fire (often metaphorically). 

adv
  • On fire (often metaphorically). 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

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