bleat vs quibble

bleat

verb
  • Of a person, to complain. 

  • Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound. 

noun
  • The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat. 

quibble

verb
  • To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner. 

  • To contest, especially some trivial issue in a petty manner. 

noun
  • An objection or argument based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. 

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