beagle vs sighthound

beagle

noun
  • A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet. 

  • A person who snoops on others; a detective. 

  • A bailiff. 

  • A small kind of shark. 

verb
  • To search. 

  • To hunt with beagles. 

sighthound

noun
  • A hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance. 

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