head-on vs manifest

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. 

manifest

adj
  • Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden. 

  • Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived. 

  • Detected; convicted. 

noun
  • A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. 

  • A file containing metadata describing other files. 

verb
  • To will something to exist. 

  • To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit. 

  • To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse. 

  • To become manifest; to be revealed. 

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