outrage vs polemic

outrage

noun
  • An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity. 

  • The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts. 

  • An offensive, immoral or indecent act. 

verb
  • To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse. 

  • To inspire feelings of outrage in. 

polemic

noun
  • A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something. 

  • A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant. 

  • An argument or controversy. 

adj
  • Having the characteristics of a polemic. 

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