paresthesia vs smarting

paresthesia

noun
  • A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause. 

smarting

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

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