acrid vs stinging

acrid

adj
  • Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. 

  • Causing heat and irritation. 

  • Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. 

stinging

adj
  • Precise and hurtful. 

  • Having the capacity to sting. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

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