say vs wolf

say

noun
  • A strainer for milk. 

  • Tried quality; temper; proof. 

  • A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. 

  • Essay; trial; attempt. 

  • Trial by sample; assay; specimen. 

adv
  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach. 

  • For example; let us assume. 

verb
  • Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. 

  • To tell, either verbally or in writing. 

  • To indicate in a written form. 

  • To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. 

  • To recite. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To try; to assay. 

  • To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. 

  • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. 

intj
  • Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion 

wolf

noun
  • A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow. 

  • Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation. 

  • A wolf spider. 

  • One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths. 

  • A man who makes amorous advances to many women. 

  • A wolf tone or wolf note. 

  • Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily. 

  • A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth. 

  • Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis. 

verb
  • To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. 

  • To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. 

  • To hunt for wolves. 

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