head-on vs plump

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. 

plump

adj
  • Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright. 

  • Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. 

  • Fat. 

adv
  • Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. 

verb
  • To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily. 

  • To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. 

  • To give a plumper (kind of vote). 

  • To give (a vote), as a plumper. 

  • To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once. 

  • To grow plump; to swell out. 

  • To favor or decide in favor of something. 

noun
  • The sound of a sudden heavy fall. 

  • A group of geese flying close together. 

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