neighbour vs throng

neighbour

verb
  • To be adjacent to 

  • To be similar to, to be almost the same as. 

  • To associate intimately with; to be close to. 

noun
  • A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position. 

  • One who is near in sympathy or confidence. 

  • A fellow human being. 

throng

verb
  • To congregate. 

  • To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. 

  • To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. 

noun
  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 

  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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