fife vs plink

fife

verb
  • To play this instrument. 

noun
  • A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music 

num
  • Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion with fire. 

plink

verb
  • To make a plink sound. 

  • To take part in the sport of plinking. 

  • (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano. 

noun
  • A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound. 

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