hurt vs torture

hurt

verb
  • To cause (somebody) emotional pain. 

  • To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. 

  • To be painful. 

  • To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede. 

noun
  • A roundel azure (blue circular spot). 

  • A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions. 

  • A husk. 

  • An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience. 

adj
  • Wounded, physically injured. 

  • Pained. 

torture

verb
  • To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone). 

noun
  • The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony. 

  • The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships. 

  • (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment. 

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