express vs voice

express

verb
  • To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. 

  • To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA. 

  • To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). 

  • To translate messenger RNA into protein. 

adv
  • Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. 

adj
  • Truly depicted; exactly resembling. 

  • Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. 

  • Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. 

  • Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. 

noun
  • An express office. 

  • That which is sent by an express messenger or message. 

  • A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly. 

  • A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another. 

  • An express rifle. 

  • A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier. 

voice

verb
  • To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce 

  • To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel. 

  • To act as a voice actor to portray a character. 

  • To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of 

  • To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath. 

noun
  • Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character 

  • The tone or sound emitted by an object 

  • That which is communicated; message; meaning. 

  • Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. 

  • An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered 

  • A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling. 

  • A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. 

  • In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition. 

  • A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel. 

  • One who speaks; a speaker. 

  • The faculty or power of utterance 

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