contrary vs pushmi-pullyu

contrary

adj
  • Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent. 

  • Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. 

  • Given to opposition; perverse; wayward. 

adv
  • Contrarily 

noun
  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false. 

  • The opposite. 

pushmi-pullyu

adj
  • Conflicting or contradictory. 

  • in teleosemantics, being a representation with both indicative and imperative content. 

noun
  • A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner. 

How often have the words contrary and pushmi-pullyu occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )