groaning vs roaring

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

roaring

noun
  • A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast; a roar. 

  • An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion. 

adj
  • Intensive; extreme. 

  • Very successful; lively. 

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