groaning vs thump

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

thump

noun
  • The sound of such a blow; a thud. 

  • A blow that produces a muffled sound. 

verb
  • To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. 

  • To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. 

  • To cause to make a thumping sound. 

  • To thud or pound. 

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