groaning vs whine

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

whine

noun
  • A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound. 

  • A complaint or criticism. 

verb
  • To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine. 

  • To move with a whining sound. 

  • To make a sound resembling such a cry. 

  • To utter a high-pitched cry. 

  • To utter with the sound of a whine. 

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