champion vs rough-and-tumble

champion

noun
  • Someone who fights on another's behalf. 

  • Someone who fights for a cause or status. 

  • An ongoing winner in a game or contest. 

  • A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size. 

  • Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest. 

verb
  • To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.). 

adj
  • Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors. 

  • Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise. 

  • Excellent; beyond compare. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

How often have the words champion and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )