controvert vs disprove

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. 

disprove

verb
  • To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. 

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