aggressive vs scrappy

aggressive

adj
  • Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing. 

  • Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch. 

  • Involving high risk for potentially high reward. 

  • That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant. 

  • Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied. 

noun
  • One who is aggressive. 

  • A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch. 

scrappy

adj
  • Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. 

  • Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. 

  • (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc. 

  • (Of a sports match) characterised by awkward or clumsy play. 

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