punish vs whale on

punish

verb
  • To handle or beat severely; to maul. 

  • To treat harshly and unfairly. 

  • To consume a large quantity of. 

  • To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. 

whale on

verb
  • To beat heavily on anything. 

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

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