smarting vs smartness

smarting

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

smartness

noun
  • The result or product of being smart. 

  • The state or quality of being smart, intelligence. 

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