impact vs wham

impact

verb
  • To collide or strike, the act of impinging. 

  • To stamp or impress onto something. 

  • To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. 

  • To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. 

noun
  • A significant or strong influence or effect. 

  • A forced impinging. 

  • The striking of one body against another; collision. 

  • The force or energy of a collision of two objects. 

wham

verb
  • to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact 

noun
  • a forceful blow 

  • the sound of such a blow; a thud 

intj
  • Used to indicate something sudden, unanticipated, and dramatic has occurred. 

  • The sound of a forceful blow. 

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