pulsing vs thumping

pulsing

noun

  • The action of something that pulses. 

  • The emission of pulses. 

thumping

noun

  • A beating. 

  • A dull, heavy sound. 

  • A heavy defeat. 

adj

  • Exceptional in some degree. 

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