smarting vs tingle

smarting

noun
  • A sensation that smarts or stings. 

adj
  • Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. 

  • Painful, sore. 

tingle

noun
  • A prickling or mildly stinging sensation. 

verb
  • To make ringing sounds; to twang. 

  • To cause to ring, to tinkle. 

  • To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. 

  • To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation. 

  • To ring, to tinkle. 

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