groaning vs mewl

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

mewl

noun
  • A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling. 

verb
  • To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. 

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