balmy vs stinging

balmy

adj
  • Producing balm. 

  • Soothing or fragrant. 

  • Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. 

  • Of weather, mild and pleasant. 

stinging

adj
  • Having the capacity to sting. 

  • Precise and hurtful. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

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