pity vs yay

pity

intj
  • Short form of what a pity. 

noun
  • Something regrettable. 

  • A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. 

verb
  • To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of. 

  • To feel pity for (someone or something). 

yay

intj
  • An expression of happiness. 

noun
  • Cocaine (powder or crack). 

  • The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand. 

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