affray vs eristic

affray

noun
  • A tumultuous assault or quarrel. 

  • The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. 

  • The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. 

eristic

noun
  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

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