clamping vs crushing

clamping

noun
  • The act by which something is clamped. 

crushing

noun
  • The action of the verb to crush. 

  • The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing. 

  • Crushed material. 

  • A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. 

adj
  • Devastatingly disheartening. 

  • That crushes; overwhelming. 

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