crushing vs harsh

crushing

adj
  • Devastatingly disheartening. 

  • That crushes; overwhelming. 

noun
  • The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing. 

  • The action of the verb to crush. 

  • Crushed material. 

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

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 crushing and harsh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )