discomfort vs smarting

discomfort

noun
  • Something that disturbs one’s comfort; an annoyance. 

  • Mental or bodily distress. 

verb
  • To cause annoyance or distress to. 

smarting

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

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