beep vs screech

beep

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 

noun
  • A message sent to a pager device. 

  • A short, electronically produced tone. 

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

screech

verb
  • To make such a sound. 

  • To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released. 

noun
  • A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery. 

  • A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. 

  • Newfoundland rum. 

  • A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. 

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