forthright vs head-on

forthright

adj
  • Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct. 

  • Markedly simple. 

  • Fixed; settled; decided. 

  • Frank, outspoken. 

adv
  • Swiftly. 

  • At once, forthwith. 

  • Expressly, frankly, unhesitatingly. 

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