meow vs yowl

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. 

yowl

noun
  • A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl. 

verb
  • Utter a yowl. 

  • Express by yowling; utter with a yowl. 

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