confrontation vs rough-and-tumble

confrontation

noun
  • The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. 

  • A conflict between armed forces. 

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 confrontation and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )