fly in the face of vs resist

fly in the face of

verb
  • To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict. 

resist

verb
  • To oppose; to refuse to accept. 

  • To withstand the actions of. 

  • To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. 

noun
  • A protective coating or covering. 

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