emotional vs touching

emotional

adj
  • Characterised by emotion. 

  • Determined by emotion rather than reason. 

  • Of or relating to the emotions. 

  • Easily affected by emotion. 

  • Readily displaying emotion. 

  • Appealing to or arousing emotion. 

noun
  • An emotional person 

touching

adj
  • Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation. 

noun
  • The act by which something is touched. 

  • A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment. 

prep
  • Regarding; concerning. 

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