hard-hitting vs intense

hard-hitting

adj
  • Aggressively vigorous or forceful 

intense

adj
  • Strict, very close or earnest. 

  • Extreme in size or strength. 

  • Stressful and tiring. 

  • Strained; tightly drawn. 

  • Extreme in degree; excessive. 

  • Very severe. 

  • Very emotional or passionate. 

How often have the words hard-hitting and intense occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )