inflamed vs smarting

inflamed

adj
  • Resulting from or affected by inflammation. 

  • Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire. 

smarting

adj
  • Painful, sore. 

  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

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