biting vs devastating

biting

adj
  • Tending to bite. 

  • Causing a stinging sensation. 

  • Cutting or incisive. 

noun
  • A bite-sized snack. 

  • An instance of something being bitten. 

devastating

adj
  • causing devastation 

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