aspirate vs beep

aspirate

noun
  • A sound produced by such a puff of air. 

  • The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant. 

  • A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor. 

  • A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. 

verb
  • To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English. 

  • To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction. 

  • To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs. 

adj
  • Synonym of aspirated. 

beep

noun
  • The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound. 

  • A message sent to a pager device. 

  • A short, electronically produced tone. 

verb
  • To sound (something that makes a beep). 

  • To contact (someone via) a pager device. 

  • To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back. 

  • To produce a beep. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts 

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