biting vs severe

biting

adj
  • Causing a stinging sensation. 

  • Tending to bite. 

  • Cutting or incisive. 

noun
  • A bite-sized snack. 

  • An instance of something being bitten. 

severe

adj
  • Very bad or intense. 

  • Sober, plain in appearance, austere. 

  • Strict or harsh. 

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