explosive vs smouldering

explosive

noun
  • Any explosive substance. 

adj
  • Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person. 

  • Shocking; startling. 

  • With the capability to, or likely to, explode. 

  • Having the character of an explosion. 

smouldering

noun
  • The act by which something smoulders; residual heat. 

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

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