mute vs yell

mute

noun
  • An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound. 

  • A person who does not have the power of speech. 

  • A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. 

  • A mute swan. 

  • The faeces of a hawk or falcon. 

  • An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. 

adj
  • Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal. 

  • Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters. 

  • Not having the power of speech; dumb. 

  • Silent; not making a sound. 

verb
  • To silence, to make quiet. 

  • To turn off the sound of. 

  • To cast off; to moult. 

yell

noun
  • A phrase to be shouted. 

  • A shout. 

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

  • To convey by shouting. 

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

adj
  • dry (of cow) 

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