gale vs hum

gale

verb
  • To sing; utter with musical modulations. 

  • To talk. 

  • To sing; charm; enchant. 

  • To cry; groan; croak. 

  • To call. 

  • To sail, or sail fast. 

noun
  • A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens. 

  • A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale. 

  • An outburst, especially of laughter. 

hum

verb
  • To express by humming. 

  • To produce low sounds which blend continuously 

  • To reek, smell bad. 

  • To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. 

  • To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly 

  • To buzz, be busily active like a beehive 

intj
  • Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c. 

  • Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c. 

noun
  • Unpleasant odour. 

  • A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people. 

  • Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive. 

  • A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed. 

  • An often indistinct sound resembling human humming. 

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