head-to-head vs palaver

head-to-head

adv
  • Directly, one-to-one. 

  • Facing one another. 

adj
  • Direct, one-to-one. 

palaver

noun
  • Disagreement. 

  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • A village council meeting. 

verb
  • To flatter. 

  • To discuss with much talk. 

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