cruel vs nasty

cruel

adj
  • Harsh; severe. 

  • Cool; awesome; neat. 

  • Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. 

verb
  • To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. 

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) 

adv
  • To a great degree; terribly. 

nasty

adj
  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • Spiteful, unkind. 

  • Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). 

  • Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. 

  • Formidable, terrific; wicked. 

  • Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. 

noun
  • Sexual intercourse. 

  • Something nasty. 

  • A video nasty. 

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