forgather vs swarm

forgather

verb
  • To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate. 

swarm

verb
  • To fill a place as a swarm. 

  • To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately. 

  • To overwhelm as by an opposing army. 

  • To breed multitudes. 

  • To move as a swarm. 

  • To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc. 

noun
  • A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil. 

  • A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony. 

  • A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network. 

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