irritated vs smarting

irritated

adj
  • Inflamed and painful. 

  • Experiencing a feeling of irritation. 

smarting

adj
  • Painful, sore. 

  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

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