meow vs yelp

meow

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. 

noun
  • The drug mephedrone. 

  • The cry of a cat. 

yelp

verb
  • To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. 

noun
  • An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. 

  • A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. 

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