clashing vs pushmi-pullyu

clashing

adj
  • conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable 

  • mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds) 

  • adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing 

  • Producing a clash or series of clashes. 

noun
  • A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision. 

pushmi-pullyu

adj
  • Conflicting or contradictory. 

  • in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content. 

noun
  • A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner. 

How often have the words clashing and pushmi-pullyu occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )