pleasing vs severe

pleasing

adj
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. 

noun
  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing." 

severe

adj
  • Strict or harsh. 

  • Very bad or intense. 

  • Sober, plain in appearance, austere. 

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