infernal vs smouldering

infernal

adj
  • Of or relating to a fire or inferno. 

  • Very annoying; damned. 

  • Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish. 

  • Stygian, gloomy. 

  • Diabolical or fiendish. 

smouldering

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

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

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