agonistic vs cantankerous

agonistic

adj
  • Characterised by conflict or hostility. 

  • Pertaining to an agonist. 

  • Argumentative; combative. 

  • Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived. 

  • Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic. 

cantankerous

adj
  • Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby. 

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