gnawing vs groaning

gnawing

noun
  • A sensation of being gnawed. 

  • The process by which something is gnawed. 

adj
  • severe or intense 

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 gnawing and groaning occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )