smouldering vs thrilling

smouldering

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

adj
  • Burning slowly, producing smoke but no flame. 

thrilling

noun
  • A thrill. 

adj
  • Causing a feeling of sudden excitement. 

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