burnt vs withered

burnt

adj
  • Damaged or injured by fire or heat. 

  • Being darker than standard, especially browner. 

  • Having a sunburn. 

  • Carbonised. 

withered

adj
  • Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water. 

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