respond vs squelch

respond

noun
  • A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. 

  • A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch. 

  • A response. 

verb
  • To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response. 

  • To say something in return; to answer; to reply. 

  • To satisfy; to answer. 

  • To correspond with; to suit. 

  • To be liable for payment. 

squelch

noun
  • A squelching sound. 

  • A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres. 

  • The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver. 

verb
  • To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength. 

  • To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force. 

  • To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground. 

  • To walk or step through a substance such as mud. 

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