compromise vs contest

compromise

verb
  • To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. 

  • To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. 

  • To breach (a security system). 

  • To find a way between extremes. 

  • To bind by mutual agreement. 

  • To cause impairment of. 

noun
  • A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself. 

  • The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. 

  • A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender. 

contest

verb
  • To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law. 

  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. 

  • To call into question; to oppose. 

  • To contend. 

noun
  • Controversy; debate. 

  • Struggle for superiority; combat. 

  • A competition. 

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