controvert vs deny

controvert

verb
  • To argue against (something or someone); to contradict, to deny. 

  • To dispute, to argue about (something). 

  • To be involved or engaged in controversy; to argue. 

deny

verb
  • To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 

  • To assert that something is not true. 

  • To refuse to give or grant something to someone. 

  • To disallow or reject. 

  • To take something away from someone; to deprive of. 

  • To prevent from scoring. 

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