crippling vs obstruent

crippling

adj
  • Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental. 

  • That cripples or incapacitates 

  • Causing serious injuries, damage, or harm; damaging. 

noun
  • Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building. 

  • State of being crippled; lameness. 

obstruent

adj
  • Causing obstruction; blocking up. 

noun
  • A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate. 

  • Hypernym: consonant 

  • Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body. 

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