barbed vs mordacious

barbed

adj
  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Having barbs 

mordacious

adj
  • Prone to biting, aggressive (of an animal etc.). 

  • Sharp in intent, sarcastic 

  • Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive 

  • sharp or caustic in style or tone. 

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