whoop vs yell

whoop

verb
  • To shout, to yell. 

  • To make a whoop. 

  • To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. 

  • To beat, to strike. 

  • To defeat thoroughly. 

noun
  • A bump on a racetrack. 

  • A loud, eager cry, usually of joy. 

  • A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. 

yell

verb
  • To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice. 

  • To tell someone off in a loud and angry manner. 

  • To convey by shouting. 

adj
  • dry (of cow) 

noun
  • A phrase to be shouted. 

  • A shout. 

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