spiteful vs stinging

spiteful

adj
  • Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm. 

stinging

adj
  • Precise and hurtful. 

  • Having the capacity to sting. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

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