bruising vs smarting

bruising

adj

  • That bruises. 

  • Wearisome, arduous. 

noun

  • Bruises on a person's skin. 

  • A violent physical attack on a person. 

smarting

adj

  • Painful, sore. 

  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

noun

  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

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