groaning vs heavy-handed

groaning

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

  • That groans. 

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

heavy-handed

adj
  • Clumsy, awkward. 

  • Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt. 

  • Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive. 

  • Excessive, overdone. 

  • Lacking subtlety or nuance. 

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