groaning vs huff

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

huff

noun
  • A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. 

  • The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). 

  • An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. 

verb
  • To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). 

  • To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector. 

  • To enlarge; to swell up. 

  • To inhale psychoactive inhalants. 

  • To breathe heavily. 

  • To say in a huffy manner. 

  • To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. 

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