stinging vs waspish

stinging

adj
  • Precise and hurtful. 

  • Having the capacity to sting. 

noun
  • The act by which someone receives a sting. 

waspish

adj
  • Spiteful or irascible. 

  • Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. 

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