assault vs wallop

assault

verb
  • To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail. 

  • To threaten or harass. 

noun
  • A non-competitive combat between two fencers. 

  • A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc. 

  • A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like 

  • An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon). 

  • An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing. 

  • The tort whose action is such an act. 

  • The crime whose action is such an attempt. 

wallop

verb
  • To strike heavily, thrash soundly. 

  • To wrap up temporarily. 

  • To flounder, wallow. 

  • To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise. 

  • To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. 

  • To rush hastily. 

  • To trounce, beat by a wide margin. 

  • To eat or drink with gusto. 

  • To send a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server. 

noun
  • anything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, whitewash. 

  • A heavy blow, punch. 

  • A thrill, emotionally excited reaction. 

  • A quick rolling movement; a gallop. 

  • A person's ability to throw such punches. 

  • An emotional impact, psychological force. 

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