flaring vs scorching

flaring

noun
  • The act of something that flares. 

  • The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring. 

scorching

noun
  • The act or result of something being scorched. 

adj
  • very high. 

  • Very hot. 

  • Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering. 

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