kick around vs maul

kick around

verb
  • To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with. 

  • To wander loose; to float around; to hang around. 

  • To be discussed informally; to be considered. 

noun
  • An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports. 

maul

verb
  • To handle someone or something in a rough way. 

  • To beat with a maul. 

  • To criticise harshly. 

  • To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal). 

noun
  • A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. 

  • A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier. 

How often have the words kick around and maul occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )