bow-wow vs yelp

bow-wow

noun
  • The sound of a dog barking. 

  • A dog. 

intj
  • Representing the sound of a dog barking. 

yelp

noun
  • An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. 

  • A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. 

verb
  • To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. 

How often have the words bow-wow and yelp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )