rebellion vs strife

rebellion

noun
  • Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling. 

  • An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government. 

  • Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. 

strife

noun
  • Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. 

  • A trouble of any kind. 

  • Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. 

  • Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. 

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