doorbell vs telephone

doorbell

verb
  • To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. 

  • To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. 

noun
  • A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building. 

  • A button that activates an electric doorbell. 

telephone

verb
  • To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone. 

  • To convey (a message) via telephone. 

noun
  • A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone). 

  • The game of Chinese whispers. 

  • Chinese whispers; a situation in which an initial message has been distorted and misunderstood by being passed from person to person. 

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