barrier vs hurt

barrier

verb
  • To block or obstruct with a barrier. 

noun
  • A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others. 

  • A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries. 

  • The lists in a tournament. 

  • A structure that bars passage. 

  • An obstacle or impediment. 

  • A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A. 

  • A boundary or limit. 

hurt

verb
  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

adj
  • Wounded, physically injured. 

  • Pained. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

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