groan vs muck

groan

verb
  • To make a groan. 

  • To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden. 

noun
  • A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. 

  • A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy. 

  • A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight. 

muck

verb
  • To vomit. 

  • To manure with muck. 

  • To shovel muck. 

  • To do a dirty job. 

  • To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed. 

noun
  • Heroin. 

  • Semen. 

  • Soft (or slimy) manure. 

  • The pile of discarded cards. 

  • Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty. 

  • Grub, slop, swill 

  • Slimy mud, sludge. 

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