agonizing vs poignant

agonizing

adj
  • Causing physical or mental agony. 

noun
  • The act of one who agonizes. 

poignant

adj
  • Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving. 

  • Incisive; penetrating; piercing. 

  • Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant. 

  • Piquant, pungent. 

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