counterplay vs reflex

counterplay

verb
  • To make a counterplay; to play in response. 

  • To counter; to contrast or contradict. 

noun
  • A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game. 

  • A game move made as a response. 

  • A counterattack in a different part of the board. 

reflex

verb
  • To respond to a stimulus. 

  • To bend back or turn back over itself. 

noun
  • The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant. 

  • The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language. 

  • The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth. 

  • An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. 

  • Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. 

adj
  • Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. 

  • Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture. 

  • Produced automatically by a stimulus. 

  • Bent, turned back or reflected. 

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