mouth vs throat

mouth

verb
  • To form a mouth or opening in. 

  • To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub. 

  • To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. 

  • To carry in the mouth. 

  • To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow. 

  • The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them. 

  • To form with the mouth. 

  • To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling. 

  • To speak; to utter. 

  • To examine the teeth of. 

  • To make the actions of speech, without producing sound. 

  • To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth) 

noun
  • The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water. 

  • The opening of a creature through which food is ingested. 

  • The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. 

  • An outlet, aperture or orifice. 

  • A loud or overly talkative person. 

throat

verb
  • To utter in or with the throat. 

  • to throat threats 

  • To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) 

noun
  • A narrow opening in a vessel. 

  • The front part of the neck. 

  • Station throat. 

  • The inside of a timber knee. 

  • The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. 

  • That end of a gaff which is next to the mast. 

  • The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. 

  • The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. 

  • The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. 

  • The gullet or windpipe. 

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