burnt vs scorched

burnt

adj
  • Damaged or injured by fire or heat. 

  • Being darker than standard, especially browner. 

  • Having a sunburn. 

  • Carbonised. 

scorched

adj
  • Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat. 

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