lowering vs threatening

lowering

adj
  • Lurking, skulking, menacing. 

  • Dark and menacing. 

  • That lowers or frowns. 

noun
  • The act of something being lowered. 

threatening

adj
  • Presenting a threat, posing a likely risk of harm. 

  • Making threats, making statements about a willingness to cause harm. 

noun
  • An act of threatening; a threat. 

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