scald vs smolder

scald

verb
  • To burn with hot liquid. 

  • To heat almost to boiling. 

noun
  • A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam. 

smolder

verb
  • To burn with no flame and little smoke. 

  • To exist in a suppressed or hidden state. 

  • To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion. 

noun
  • The act of smoldering or something that smolders. 

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