face-off vs rough-and-tumble

face-off

noun
  • A confrontation or argument between two people or groups 

  • The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

How often have the words face-off and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )