caterwaul vs waul

caterwaul

verb
  • To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise. 

  • To have a noisy argument, like cats. 

noun
  • A yowling. 

  • A noisy quarrel. 

waul

verb
  • To wail, to cry plaintively. 

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