hoot vs shrill

hoot

noun
  • A derisive cry or shout. 

  • A fun event or person. (See hootenanny) 

  • The cry of an owl. 

  • A small particle; a whit or jot. 

verb
  • To sound the horn of a vehicle 

  • To cry out or shout in contempt. 

  • To make the cry of an owl, a hoo. 

  • To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. 

shrill

noun
  • A shrill sound. 

verb
  • To make a shrill noise. 

adj
  • Sharp or keen to the senses. 

  • Having a shrill voice. 

  • Fierce, loud, strident. 

  • High-pitched and piercing. 

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