groaning vs lament

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

lament

noun
  • An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. 

  • A song expressing grief. 

verb
  • To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. 

  • To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail. 

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