ear vs say

ear

noun
  • The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention. 

  • An acroterium. 

  • The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music. 

  • The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle. 

  • The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. 

  • That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle. 

  • A police informant. 

  • A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc. 

  • The fruiting body of a grain plant. 

  • A crossette. 

verb
  • To take in with the ears; to hear. 

  • To hold by the ears. 

  • To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does. 

say

noun
  • A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. 

  • Tried quality; temper; proof. 

  • Essay; trial; attempt. 

  • Trial by sample; assay; specimen. 

  • A strainer for milk. 

intj
  • Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion 

verb
  • Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. 

  • To tell, either verbally or in writing. 

  • To indicate in a written form. 

  • To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. 

  • To recite. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To try; to assay. 

  • To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. 

  • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. 

adv
  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach. 

  • For example; let us assume. 

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