crying vs tormenting

crying

noun
  • The act of one who cries; a weeping or shouting. 

adj
  • That cries. 

  • That deserves rebuke or censure. 

  • That demands action or attention. 

tormenting

noun
  • The act by which somebody is tormented. 

adj
  • Involving or causing torment. 

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