caterwaul vs pitched battle

caterwaul

noun
  • A noisy quarrel. 

  • A yowling. 

verb
  • To cry as cats in heat; to make a harsh, offensive noise. 

  • To have a noisy argument, like cats. 

pitched battle

noun
  • An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation. 

  • A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense and confrontational fight. 

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