sounding vs spoken

sounding

adj
  • Emitting a sound. 

  • Sonorous. 

noun
  • Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom. 

  • The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. 

  • Test made with a probe or sonde. 

  • The action of the verb to sound. 

  • A measured depth of water. 

  • The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes 

spoken

adj
  • Produced by articulate sounds. 

  • Relating to speech 

  • Speaking in a specified way 

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