choir vs intone

choir

verb
  • To sing in concert. 

noun
  • A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. 

  • The part of a church where the choir assembles for song. 

  • One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. 

  • Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord. 

intone

verb
  • To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant. 

  • To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound. 

  • To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. 

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