chippy vs contrary

chippy

adj
  • Ill-tempered, disagreeable. 

  • Tending to form chips when cut, rather than larger, more usable pieces of wood. 

  • Involving violence or unfair play. 

noun
  • A carpenter. 

  • A fish-and-chip shop. 

  • A potato chip. 

  • A chipping sparrow. 

  • A chiptune. 

  • An occasional drug habit, less than addiction. 

  • A prostitute or promiscuous woman. 

  • The youngest member of a team or group, normally someone whose voice has not yet deepened, talking like a chipmunk. 

verb
  • To take drugs (especially heroin) on an occasional basis, rather than as an addict. 

contrary

adj
  • Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent. 

  • Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. 

  • Given to opposition; perverse; wayward. 

noun
  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false. 

  • The opposite. 

adv
  • Contrarily 

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