début vs sound off

début

verb
  • To make one's début. 

noun
  • A person’s or thing’s first appearance before society or another audience; one’s “maiden voyage”. 

sound off

verb
  • To hold forth about something in an opinionated manner. 

  • Command instructing a person to confirm that they are present or that some other objective has been met. 

  • Command instructing a person to speak up or acknowledge something. 

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