cuffing vs tormenting

cuffing

noun
  • The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck. 

  • The act or process of placing handcuffs on a person. 

tormenting

noun
  • The act by which somebody is tormented. 

adj
  • Involving or causing torment. 

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