prostrate vs rough-and-tumble

prostrate

adj
  • Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 

  • Lying flat, face-down. 

  • Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. 

  • Emotionally devastated. 

verb
  • To throw oneself down in submission. 

  • To lie flat or face-down. 

  • To overcome or overpower. 

  • To cause to lie down, to flatten. 

rough-and-tumble

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 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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