contend vs row

contend

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

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

  • 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. 

row

verb
  • To argue noisily. 

  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars. 

  • To be moved by oars. 

  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. 

noun
  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 

  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. 

  • An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. 

  • A noisy argument. 

  • An act or instance of rowing. 

  • A continual loud noise. 

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