head-on vs pointed

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. 

pointed

adj
  • Sharp, barbed; not dull. 

  • Directed negatively at a person or topic. 

  • Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant. 

  • That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations. 

  • In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. 

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