biting vs scathing

biting

adj
  • Causing a stinging sensation. 

  • Tending to bite. 

  • Cutting or incisive. 

noun
  • A bite-sized snack. 

  • An instance of something being bitten. 

scathing

adj
  • Harmful or painful; acerbic. 

  • Harshly or bitterly critical; vitriolic. 

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