peep vs ping

peep

noun
  • A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. 

  • The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill. 

  • A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one. 

  • A feeble utterance or complaint. 

  • A sandpiper or other small wader. 

  • The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear. 

  • person. 

verb
  • To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. 

  • To speak briefly with a quiet voice. 

  • To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird. 

  • To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. 

  • To take a look at; check out. 

ping

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. 

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

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

  • 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. 

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