gape vs peer

gape

verb
  • To stare in wonder. 

  • To open wide; to display a gap. 

  • To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. 

  • To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity. 

  • To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. 

noun
  • An act of gaping; a yawn. 

  • A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. 

  • The width of an opening. 

  • A large opening. 

  • The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open. 

peer

verb
  • To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something. 

  • To make equal in rank. 

  • To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic. 

noun
  • Someone who pees, someone who urinates. 

  • Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else). 

  • A look; a glance. 

  • A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners. 

  • Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else). 

  • A comrade; a companion; an associate. 

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