beating vs tormenting

beating

noun
  • The action by which someone or something is beaten. 

  • A heavy defeat or setback. 

  • The pulsation of the heart. 

tormenting

noun
  • The act by which somebody is tormented. 

adj
  • Involving or causing torment. 

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