maul vs rough-and-tumble

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. 

rough-and-tumble

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

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