slay vs wow

slay

verb
  • To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter. 

  • To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest). 

  • To kill; to murder. 

  • To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To eradicate or stamp out. 

wow

verb
  • To amaze or awe. 

intj
  • An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration. 

  • An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. 

  • Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something. 

noun
  • Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc. 

  • A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders. 

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