mewing vs shrill

mewing

noun
  • The act of producing a mew sound. 

  • The act of one who mews (in any sense). 

shrill

noun
  • A shrill sound. 

adj
  • Sharp or keen to the senses. 

  • Having a shrill voice. 

  • Fierce, loud, strident. 

  • High-pitched and piercing. 

verb
  • To make a shrill noise. 

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