ding vs ping

ding

verb
  • To make high-pitched sound like a bell. 

  • To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell. 

  • To hit or strike. 

  • To fire or reject. 

  • To mishit (a golf ball). 

  • To level up. 

  • To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking. 

  • To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize. 

  • To dash; to throw violently. 

noun
  • The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell. 

  • A rejection. 

  • The act of levelling up. 

  • An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid. 

  • Very minor damage, a small dent or chip. 

  • An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy. 

ping

verb
  • To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. 

  • To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response. 

  • To flick. 

  • To cause something to bounce. 

  • To bounce. 

  • To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects. 

  • To call out audibly. 

  • To penalize. 

  • To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility. 

noun
  • A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. 

  • An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement. 

  • Latency. 

  • A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. 

  • A notification. 

  • A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. 

  • A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it. 

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