correct vs hum

correct

intj
  • Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance. 

noun
  • A correct response. 

adj
  • Free from error; true; accurate. 

  • With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour. 

verb
  • To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from. 

  • To discipline; to punish. 

  • To inform (someone) of their error. 

  • To grade (examination papers). 

hum

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

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

verb
  • To produce low sounds which blend continuously 

  • To express by humming. 

  • 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 

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