burning vs pungent

burning

adj
  • Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful. 

  • Feeling very hot. 

  • Feeling great passion. 

  • So hot as to seem to burn (something). 

  • Being keenly discussed. 

  • On fire. 

noun
  • A fiery pain. 

  • The act by which something burns or is burned. 

  • purposefully remove certain number of coins in circulation, by sending it to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply. 

  • A fire. 

pungent

adj
  • Having a sharp and stiff point. 

  • Stinging; acerbic. 

  • Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances. 

  • Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste. 

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