murmur vs rale

murmur

noun
  • The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart. 

  • A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent. 

  • Soft indistinct speech. 

  • Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water. 

verb
  • To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter. 

  • To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. 

rale

noun
  • An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema. 

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