disperse vs throng

disperse

verb
  • To disseminate. 

  • To break up and disappear; to dissipate. 

  • To scatter in different directions. 

  • To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract. 

  • To distribute throughout. 

adj
  • Scattered or spread out. 

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. 

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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

  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

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