blip vs chirp

blip

noun
  • A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated. 

  • A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen. 

  • A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal. 

  • An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework. 

verb
  • To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion. 

  • Synonym of bleep (“to replace offending words in a broadcast recording with a tone”) 

chirp

noun
  • A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. 

  • A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse. 

verb
  • To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets. 

  • To speak in a high-pitched staccato. 

  • To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration. 

  • To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth. 

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