belligerent vs scrappy

belligerent

adj
  • Aggressively hostile, eager to fight. 

  • Eager to go to war, warlike. 

  • Engaged in warfare, warring. 

  • Of or pertaining to war. 

  • Uncooperative. 

  • Acting violently towards others. 

noun
  • A state or other armed participant in warfare 

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 belligerent and scrappy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )