beep vs rasp

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 

rasp

noun
  • The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. 

  • A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file. 

verb
  • To use a rasp. 

  • To say in a raspy voice. 

  • To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. 

  • To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. 

  • To work something with a rasp. 

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