broadside vs rant

broadside

noun
  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

rant

noun
  • A criticism done by ranting. 

  • A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation. 

  • A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop. 

verb
  • To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger. 

  • To dance rant steps. 

  • To disseminate one's own opinions in a - typically - one-sided, strong manner. 

  • To criticize by ranting. 

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