gracious vs head-on

gracious

adj
  • magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives. 

  • benignant 

  • indulgent, charming and graceful 

  • compassionate 

  • elegant and with good taste 

  • kind and warmly courteous 

  • full of grace 

  • tactful 

intj
  • Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. 

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