calve vs pup

calve

verb
  • to give birth to (a calf) 

  • to break off 

  • to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg) 

  • to assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf 

  • to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg) 

  • to give birth to a calf 

pup

verb
  • To give birth to pups. 

noun
  • A young, inexperienced person. 

  • A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals. 

  • A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer. 

  • Any cute dog, regardless of age. 

  • A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation. 

  • An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations. 

  • A kind of small spotlight. 

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