agonistic vs fractious

agonistic

adj
  • Argumentative; combative. 

  • Characterised by conflict or hostility. 

  • Pertaining to an agonist. 

  • Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived. 

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

fractious

adj
  • Irritable; argumentative; quarrelsome. 

  • Given to troublemaking. 

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