hum vs zoom

hum

noun
  • An often indistinct sound resembling human humming. 

  • 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. 

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

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

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 

zoom

noun
  • A humming noise from something moving very fast. 

  • A big increase. 

  • A quick ascent. 

  • An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally. 

  • A video teleconferencing call. 

intj
  • Suggesting something moving quickly 

  • Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase 

  • Representing a humming sound 

verb
  • To zoom climb. 

  • To move rapidly. 

  • To move fast with a humming noise. 

  • To change the focal length of a zoom lens. 

  • To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it. 

  • To go up sharply. 

  • To participate in a video teleconferencing call. 

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