feeling vs sensation

feeling

noun
  • Sensation, particularly through the skin. 

  • An opinion, an attitude. 

  • Emotional state or well-being. 

  • Emotion; impression. 

  • Emotional attraction or desire. 

  • Intuition. 

adj
  • Emotionally sensitive. 

  • Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility. 

sensation

noun
  • A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. 

  • A widespread reaction of interest or excitement. 

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