debatable vs in contention

debatable

noun
  • A topic that is open to debate. 

adj
  • Able to be debated; up for discussion. 

  • Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed. 

in contention

prep
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, contention. 

  • Contending for a title or championship. 

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