brutal vs head-on

brutal

adj
  • Direct and without attempt to disguise unpleasantness. 

  • Disagreeably precise or penetrating. 

  • Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel. 

  • Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech. 

  • Harsh; unrelenting. 

  • In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs. 

head-on

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

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

adv
  • With the front of a vehicle. 

  • With direct confrontation. 

noun
  • A collision from the front. 

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