question vs rejoinder

question

noun
  • A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. 

  • A subject or topic for consideration or investigation. 

  • A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation. 

  • A doubt or challenge about the truth, accuracy, or validity of a matter. 

verb
  • To ask a question or questions; inquire or seek to know; examine. 

  • To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information. 

  • To raise doubts about; have doubts about. 

rejoinder

noun
  • A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question. 

  • The defendant's answer to the replication. 

  • Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement. 

  • A response that answers another response. 

verb
  • To issue a rejoinder. 

  • To say as a rejoinder. 

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