conventicle vs throng

conventicle

verb
  • To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. 

noun
  • A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. 

  • The place where such a meeting is held. 

  • A Quaker meetinghouse. 

throng

verb
  • To congregate. 

  • To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. 

  • To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. 

noun
  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 

  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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