hitting vs pounding

hitting

noun
  • A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. 

  • The batter's hitting improved with practice. 

pounding

noun
  • An act in which something or someone is pounded. 

adj
  • Characterized by heavy or loud throbs 

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