doom vs gruel

doom

verb
  • To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn. 

  • To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of. 

noun
  • An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable. 

  • The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof. 

  • Destiny, especially terrible. 

  • A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair. 

  • Death. 

gruel

verb
  • to punish 

  • ejaculate 

  • To exhaust, use up, disable 

noun
  • A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill. 

  • punishment 

  • something that lacks substance 

  • semen 

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