shooting vs smouldering

shooting

noun
  • The act of one who, or that which, shoots. 

  • The sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon. 

  • A sensation of darting pain. 

  • An instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon. 

  • A district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms. 

adj
  • Moving or growing quickly. 

  • Of a pain, sudden and darting. 

smouldering

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

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