chime vs report

chime

noun
  • The sound of such an instrument or device. 

  • A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell. 

  • An individual ringing component of such a set. 

  • A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. 

  • A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. 

verb
  • To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. 

  • To make the sound of a chime. 

  • To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. 

  • To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. 

  • To agree; to correspond. 

report

noun
  • The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion. 

  • An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager. 

  • Reputation. 

  • A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). 

verb
  • To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. 

  • To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). 

  • To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). 

  • To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy). 

  • To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. 

  • To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. 

  • To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). 

  • To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker. 

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