saccharine vs smart

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

smart

noun
  • Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction. 

  • Smart-money. 

  • A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting. 

verb
  • To cause a smart or sting in. 

  • To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil. 

  • To hurt or sting. 

adj
  • Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology). 

  • Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable. 

  • Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. 

  • Sharp; keen; poignant. 

  • Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books. 

  • Sudden and intense. 

  • Exhibiting social ability or cleverness. 

  • Causing sharp pain; stinging. 

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