gumption vs spunk

gumption

noun
  • Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm. 

  • Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. 

  • Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. 

spunk

noun
  • Courage; spirit; mettle; determination. 

  • An attractive person (normally male). 

  • Touchwood; tinder. 

  • Semen. 

verb
  • To ejaculate. 

  • To waste (money etc.). 

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