meow vs screech

meow

noun
  • The cry of a cat. 

  • The drug mephedrone. 

verb
  • Of a cat, to make its cry. 

intj
  • Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl. 

  • The cry of a cat. 

  • Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment. 

screech

noun
  • A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. 

  • A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery. 

  • A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface. 

  • Newfoundland rum. 

verb
  • To travel very fast, as if making the sounds of brakes being released. 

  • To make such a sound. 

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