comment vs speech

comment

noun
  • A spoken or written remark. 

  • A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code. 

  • The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme. 

  • The act of commenting. 

verb
  • To make remarks or notes. 

  • To insert comments into (source code). 

  • To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment. 

  • To remark. 

speech

noun
  • An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech 

  • The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate. 

  • A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person. 

  • Language used orally, rather than in writing. 

  • Public talk, news, gossip, rumour. 

  • The act of speaking, a certain style of it. 

  • A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language. 

verb
  • To make a speech; to harangue. 

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