challenge vs wrangle

challenge

verb
  • To call something into question or dispute. 

  • To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines). 

  • To dare (someone). 

  • To invite (someone) to take part in a competition. 

  • To be difficult or challenging for. 

  • To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter. 

  • To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it. 

  • To make a formal objection to a juror. 

  • To dispute (something). 

noun
  • The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency. 

  • An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. 

  • A bid to overcome something. 

  • The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity. 

  • An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot. 

  • The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc. 

  • A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. 

  • A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty. 

  • An attempt to take possession; a tackle. 

  • An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum. 

  • The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game. 

  • A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest). 

wrangle

verb
  • To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. 

  • To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker. 

  • Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. 

  • To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling. 

  • To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university. 

  • To make harsh noises as if quarrelling. 

  • To herd (horses or other livestock). 

  • To manage or supervise (people). 

noun
  • Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling. 

  • An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation. 

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