few vs throng

few

det
  • Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky. 

  • There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street. 

  • An indefinite, but usually small, number of. 

  • Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. 

  • (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated. 

pron
  • Few people, few things. 

throng

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

  • A group of things; a host or swarm. 

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. 

adj
  • Filled with persons or objects; crowded. 

  • Busy; hurried. 

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