pronounce vs splutter

pronounce

verb
  • To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate. 

  • To pronounce dead. 

  • To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously. 

  • To pass judgment. 

  • To sound like. 

  • To produce the components of speech. 

  • To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion. 

  • To read aloud. 

splutter

verb
  • Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly. 

  • To forcefully emit (something), especially in small drops or particles; to sputter. 

  • To soil or sprinkle (someone or something) with a substance, often a liquid; to bespatter, to spatter. 

  • To make a sound or sounds of something forcefully emitting a substance in small drops or particles. 

  • To direct angry words, criticism, insults, etc., at (someone or something). 

  • Followed by out: to go out (as a flame) or stop functioning (as an engine or machine) with a spluttering action or sound (senses 2.1 or 2.3). 

  • Of a thing: to forcefully emit something, especially in small drops or particles. 

  • Of a substance: to be emitted forcefully in small drops or particles. 

  • To speak hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly. 

  • To spray droplets of saliva from the mouth while eating or speaking. 

  • To perform in an inconsistent manner to a substandard level. 

noun
  • A forceful choking or spitting sound. 

  • A forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering. 

  • A disagreement or dispute. 

  • Chaotic and forceful speaking, verbal exchange, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. 

  • A noisy commotion. 

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