gritty vs head-on

gritty

adj
  • Spirited; resolute; unyielding. 

  • Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. 

  • Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence. 

head-on

adj
  • Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating. 

  • Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion. 

noun
  • A collision from the front. 

adv
  • With the front of a vehicle. 

  • With direct confrontation. 

How often have the words gritty and head-on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )