barricade vs contest

barricade

noun
  • A place of confrontation. 

  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

contest

noun
  • Struggle for superiority; combat. 

  • Controversy; debate. 

  • A competition. 

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 barricade and contest occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )