head-on vs outright

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. 

outright

adj
  • Unqualified and unreserved. 

  • Having no outstanding conditions. 

  • Total or complete. 

verb
  • To release a player outright, without conditions. 

adv
  • Blatantly; inexcusably. 

  • Openly and without reservation. 

  • At once. 

  • With no outstanding conditions. 

  • Wholly, completely and entirely. 

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