astonisher vs shriek

astonisher

noun
  • An exclamation mark, the punctuation mark “!”. 

  • Someone who astonishes. 

  • Something that astonishes; an astonishing thing or event. 

  • A headline or lead (introductory paragraph) designed to capture attention through a surprising statement. 

  • A short line of smaller type above (or sometimes below) the main headline of an article, usually placed flush-left. 

shriek

noun
  • An exclamation mark. 

  • A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. 

verb
  • To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. 

  • To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks. 

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