hail vs welcome

hail

verb
  • To greet; give salutation to; salute. 

  • To signal in order to initiate communication with. 

  • To send or release hail. 

  • Of hail, to fall from the sky. 

  • To name; to designate; to call. 

  • To pour down in rapid succession. 

  • To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of. 

  • To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving. 

noun
  • An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. 

  • A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. 

  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. 

welcome

verb
  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!". 

  • To accept something willingly or gladly. 

intj
  • Greeting given upon someone's arrival. 

adj
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. 

  • Producing gladness. 

  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously. 

noun
  • The utterance of such a greeting. 

  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception. 

  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer. 

  • The state of being a welcome guest. 

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