singing vs verbal

singing

noun
  • Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another. 

  • The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing. 

  • A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs. 

adj
  • Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam. 

  • Smooth and flowing. 

verbal

noun
  • A spoken confession given to police. 

  • A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. 

  • Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding. 

adj
  • Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text. 

  • Of or relating to words. 

  • Capable of speech. 

  • Used to form a verb. 

  • Word for word. 

  • Derived from, or having the nature of a verb. 

  • Consisting of words only. 

  • Expressly spoken rather than written; oral. 

verb
  • To induce into fabricating a confession. 

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