crushing vs groaning

crushing

adj
  • Devastatingly disheartening. 

  • That crushes; overwhelming. 

noun
  • The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing. 

  • The action of the verb to crush. 

  • Crushed material. 

  • A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. 

groaning

adj
  • That groans. 

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

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

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