biting vs penetrating

biting

adj
  • Cutting or incisive. 

  • Tending to bite. 

  • Causing a stinging sensation. 

noun
  • A bite-sized snack. 

  • An instance of something being bitten. 

penetrating

adj
  • able to pierce or penetrate 

  • demonstrating acute or keen understanding 

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