scorching vs stoke

scorching

noun
  • The act or result of something being scorched. 

adj
  • very high. 

  • Very hot. 

  • Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering. 

stoke

noun
  • An act of poking, piercing, thrusting 

verb
  • To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman. 

  • To poke, pierce, thrust. 

  • To encourage a behavior or emotion. 

  • To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace. 

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