beagle vs sneak

beagle

noun
  • A person who snoops on others; a detective. 

  • A bailiff. 

  • A small kind of shark. 

  • A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet. 

verb
  • To search. 

  • To hunt with beagles. 

sneak

noun
  • One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information. 

  • A cheat; a con artist. 

  • An informer; a tell-tale. 

  • The act of sneaking 

  • A sneaker; a tennis shoe. 

  • A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward. 

adj
  • In advance; before release to the general public. 

  • In a stealthy or surreptitious manner. 

verb
  • To stealthily bring someone something. 

  • To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours. 

  • To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen. 

  • To take something stealthily without permission. 

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