nine vs throng

nine

noun
  • A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players). 

  • A playing card with nine pips. 

  • The digit or figure 9. 

  • A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. 

  • A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.). 

num
  • Describing a group or set with nine elements. 

  • A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten. 

throng

noun
  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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

  • To congregate. 

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

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