herald vs threaten

herald

verb
  • To proclaim or announce an event. 

  • To greet something with excitement; to hail. 

noun
  • A harbinger, giving signs of things to come. 

  • A handbill consisting of an advertisement. 

  • An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms. 

  • A messenger, especially one bringing important news. 

  • A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix. 

threaten

verb
  • To portend, or give a warning of. 

  • To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge. 

  • He threatened me with a knife. 

  • To make a threat against someone; to use threats. 

  • To menace, or be dangerous. 

  • To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.) 

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