whistler vs whiz

whistler

noun
  • Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. 

  • The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). 

  • The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala). 

  • The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata). 

  • An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning. 

  • A broken-winded horse. 

  • Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific. 

  • Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). 

whiz

noun
  • A whirring or hissing sound (as above). 

  • Pickpocketing. 

  • An act of urination. 

  • Amphetamine. 

  • Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. 

verb
  • To urinate. 

  • To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. 

  • To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. 

  • To throw or spin rapidly. 

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