SOS vs alert

SOS

noun
  • A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence. 

  • The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress. 

alert

noun
  • An alarm. 

  • A state of readiness for potential combat. 

  • A notification of higher importance than an advisory. 

verb
  • To give warning to. 

adj
  • Attentive; awake; on guard. 

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