ape vs mammal

ape

noun
  • Any such primate other than a human. 

  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. 

  • One who apes; a foolish imitator. 

  • An uncivilized person. 

verb
  • To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. 

  • To behave like an ape. 

adj
  • Wild; crazy. 

mammal

noun
  • A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw. 

  • An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young. 

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