growl vs yap

growl

noun
  • A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. 

  • A similar sound made by a human. 

  • The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach. 

  • An aggressive grumbling. 

  • A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument. 

verb
  • To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound. 

  • To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. 

  • Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound. 

  • To send a user a message via the Growl software library. 

  • To express (something) by growling. 

yap

noun
  • The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. 

  • The mouth, which produces speech. 

  • Casual talk; chatter. 

  • A badly behaved child; a brat. 

verb
  • Of a small dog, to bark. 

  • To talk, especially excessively; to chatter. 

  • To rob or steal from (someone). 

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