smarting vs throbbing

smarting

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

throbbing

noun
  • That which throbs. 

adj
  • Beating or pounding strongly. 

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