agree vs contend

agree

verb
  • To give assent; to accede 

  • To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. 

  • To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract. 

  • To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. 

  • To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well. 

  • To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person. 

  • To yield assent to; to approve. 

  • To resemble; to coincide; to correspond. 

contend

verb
  • To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. 

  • To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. 

  • To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate. 

  • To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. 

  • contend with: To try to cope with a difficulty or problem. 

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