persuade vs rebuff

persuade

verb
  • To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. 

rebuff

verb
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. 

  • To buff again. 

noun
  • Repercussion, or beating back. 

  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. 

  • A sudden resistance or refusal. 

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