acrid vs smarting

acrid

adj
  • Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. 

  • Causing heat and irritation. 

  • Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. 

smarting

adj
  • Painful, sore. 

  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

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