palpitate vs whale on

palpitate

verb
  • To cause to beat strongly or rapidly. 

  • To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart. 

  • To shake tremulously 

whale on

verb
  • To beat heavily on anything. 

  • To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight. 

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