fife vs whiz

fife

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. 

verb
  • To play this instrument. 

whiz

noun
  • A whirring or hissing sound (as above). 

  • Pickpocketing. 

  • An act of urination. 

  • Amphetamine. 

  • Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. 

verb
  • To urinate. 

  • To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. 

  • To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. 

  • To throw or spin rapidly. 

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