barbed vs snide

barbed

adj
  • Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. 

  • Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. 

  • Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals). 

  • Having barbs 

snide

adj
  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. 

  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible. 

noun
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat. 

  • Counterfeit money. 

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