barricade vs scuffle

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 

scuffle

noun
  • A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters. 

  • Poverty; struggle. 

  • A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling. 

verb
  • To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters. 

  • To walk with a shuffling gait. 

  • To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially. 

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