athletics vs contest

athletics

noun
  • A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking. 

  • Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill. 

contest

noun
  • A competition. 

  • Controversy; debate. 

  • Struggle for superiority; combat. 

verb
  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. 

  • To call into question; to oppose. 

  • To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law. 

  • To contend. 

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