offensive vs rude

offensive

adj
  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

rude

adj
  • Violent; abrupt; turbulent. 

  • Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive. 

  • Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous. 

  • Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant. 

  • Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health. 

  • Crudely made; primitive. 

  • Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw. 

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