gut-wrenching vs painful

gut-wrenching

adj
  • sickening 

  • difficult to tolerate 

painful

adj
  • Very bad, poor. 

  • Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person). 

  • Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. 

  • Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious. 

How often have the words gut-wrenching and painful occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )