individual vs throng

individual

noun
  • An element belonging to a population. 

  • An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class. 

  • A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. 

  • A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation. 

adj
  • Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person. 

  • Not divisible without losing its identity. 

  • Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one. 

throng

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

  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. 

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 individual and throng occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )