ravage vs whelp

ravage

noun
  • Depredation or devastation. 

  • Grievous damage or havoc. 

verb
  • To devastate or destroy something. 

  • To have vigorous sexual intercourse with. 

  • To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something. 

  • To rape. 

  • To wreak destruction. 

whelp

noun
  • One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship. 

  • An insolent youth; a mere child. 

  • A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. 

  • A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog). 

verb
  • To give birth. 

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