incisive vs stinging

incisive

adj
  • Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. 

  • Accurate and sharply focused. 

  • Intelligently analytical and concise. 

  • Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument. 

  • Of or relating to the incisors. 

stinging

adj
  • Precise and hurtful. 

  • Having the capacity to sting. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

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