ardor vs feeling

ardor

noun
  • Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. 

  • Intense heat. 

  • Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. 

feeling

noun
  • Emotional attraction or desire. 

  • An opinion, an attitude. 

  • Emotional state or well-being. 

  • Emotion; impression. 

  • Sensation, particularly through the skin. 

  • Intuition. 

adj
  • Emotionally sensitive. 

  • Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility. 

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