smothering vs stuffy

smothering

noun
  • The act by which someone or something is smothered. 

stuffy

noun
  • Synonym of stuffed toy 

adj
  • Stout; mettlesome; resolute. 

  • Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional. 

  • Stout; sturdy. 

  • Angry and obstinate; sulky. 

  • Poorly ventilated; partially plugged. 

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