groaning vs sulk

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

sulk

noun
  • A state of sulking. 

  • Leo has been in a sulk all morning. 

  • A furrow. 

  • A person who sulks 

verb
  • To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn. 

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