peal vs ping

peal

verb
  • To sound with a peal or peals. 

  • To resound; to echo. 

  • To assail with noise. 

  • To utter or sound loudly. 

noun
  • The changes rung on a set of bells; in the strict sense a full peal of at least 5040 changes. 

  • A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale. 

  • A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. 

  • A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. 

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 peal and ping occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )