aah vs humph

aah

intj
  • The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis). 

  • Indication of sympathy. 

  • Indication of mouth being opened wide. 

  • Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm. 

  • To express understanding. 

  • Indication of joyful pleasure. 

noun
  • Expression of joy and/or pleasure. 

  • The exclamation aah. 

  • Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear. 

verb
  • To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah. 

  • To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah. 

humph

intj
  • A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing. 

verb
  • To utter "humph!" in doubt or disapproval. 

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