groaning vs saddening

groaning

adj
  • That groans. 

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

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

saddening

adj
  • Causing feelings of sadness. 

noun
  • The darkening of a colour during dyeing. 

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