broadside vs confront

broadside

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

noun
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

confront

verb
  • To come up against; to encounter. 

  • To set a thing side by side with; to compare. 

  • To deal with. 

  • To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. 

  • To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with 

  • To engage in confrontation. 

  • To bring someone face to face with something. 

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