defence vs denial

defence

noun
  • The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury. 

  • A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. 

  • The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. 

  • Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military. 

  • Something used to oppose attacks. 

  • An argument in support or justification of something. 

denial

noun
  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

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