ridiculing vs tormenting

ridiculing

noun
  • The act of exposing to ridicule. 

adj
  • In a manner intended to ridicule. 

tormenting

noun
  • The act by which somebody is tormented. 

adj
  • Involving or causing torment. 

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