churlish vs head-on

churlish

adj
  • Rude, surly, ungracious. 

  • Stingy or grudging. 

  • Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable. 

  • Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic. 

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 churlish and head-on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )