covey vs throng

covey

noun
  • Coordinate terms: flock, gaggle, host 

  • A party or group (of persons or things). 

  • A brood of partridges, grouse, etc. 

  • A group of 8–12 (or more) quail. 

verb
  • To brood; to incubate. 

throng

noun
  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 

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

  • To congregate. 

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

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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