dirge vs groaning

dirge

noun
  • A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. 

  • A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring. 

verb
  • To sing dirges 

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

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