weep vs whisper

weep

verb
  • To lament; to complain. 

  • To produce secretions. 

  • To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy. 

  • To give off moisture in small quantities, e.g. due to condensation. 

  • To hang the branches, as if in sorrow; to be pendent; to droop; said of a plant or its branches. 

  • To flow in drops; to run in drops. 

noun
  • A session of crying. 

  • A sob. 

  • A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). 

whisper

verb
  • To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. 

  • To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. 

  • To make a low, sibilant sound. 

  • To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. 

noun
  • A private message to an individual in a chat room. 

  • A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves. 

  • A rumor. 

  • A faint trace or hint (of something). 

  • The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. 

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