hard-hitting vs upfront

hard-hitting

adj
  • Aggressively vigorous or forceful 

upfront

adj
  • In a forward, leading or frontward position. 

  • Honest, frank and straightforward. 

  • Paid in advance. 

verb
  • To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration 

adv
  • beforehand 

  • As an attacker. 

noun
  • A meeting of network executives with the press and major advertisers, signaling the start of advertising sales for a new season 

How often have the words hard-hitting and upfront occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )