bristling vs groaning

bristling

adj
  • Having bristles. 

  • Showing anger. 

noun
  • The act of one who bristles. 

groaning

adj
  • Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain. 

  • That groans. 

noun
  • A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil. 

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