feverous vs scalding

feverous

adj
  • having the nature of fever 

  • having a tendency to produce fever 

  • affected with fever or ague 

scalding

adj
  • Hot enough to burn. 

noun
  • An instance of scalding: a burn. 

  • Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England. 

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