compassionate vs harsh

compassionate

adj
  • Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). 

  • Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family. 

harsh

adj
  • Severe or cruel. 

  • Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. 

verb
  • To negatively criticize. 

  • To put a damper on (a mood). 

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