groaning vs whoop

groaning

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

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

  • That groans. 

whoop

noun
  • A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. 

  • A bump on a racetrack. 

  • A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. 

verb
  • To make a whoop. 

  • To shout, to yell. 

  • To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. 

  • To beat, to strike. 

  • To defeat thoroughly. 

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