sensitive vs smarting

sensitive

adj
  • Easily offended, upset, or hurt. 

  • Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses. 

  • Responsive to stimuli. 

  • Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy. 

  • Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting. 

  • Accurate; able to register small changes in some property. 

  • Meant to be concealed or kept secret. 

noun
  • A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive. 

smarting

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

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