bellicose vs scrappy

bellicose

adj
  • Showing or having the impulse to be combative. 

  • Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile. 

scrappy

adj
  • Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. 

  • Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency. 

  • (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc. 

  • (Of a sports match) characterised by awkward or clumsy play. 

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