barbed vs stinging

barbed

adj
  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Having barbs 

stinging

adj
  • Precise and hurtful. 

  • Having the capacity to sting. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

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