cry vs thunder

cry

verb
  • To shout, scream, yell. 

  • To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do. 

  • To shed tears; to weep. 

  • To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping. 

  • To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. 

  • To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc. 

  • Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage. 

noun
  • A desperate or urgent request. 

  • Words shouted or screamed. 

  • A shout or scream. 

  • A group of hounds. 

  • A clamour or outcry. 

  • A shedding of tears; the act of crying. 

  • A typical sound made by the species in question. 

thunder

verb
  • To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice. 

  • To make a noise like thunder. 

  • To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity. 

  • To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise). 

  • To produce something with incredible power. 

noun
  • The spotlight. 

  • An alarming or startling threat or denunciation. 

  • The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. 

  • A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder. 

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