distressing vs upsetting

distressing

adj

  • Causing distress; upsetting; distressful. 

upsetting

adj

  • Causing upset; distressing. 

  • Conceited; presumptuous. 

noun

  • The action of the verb upset. 

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