misbehave vs recalcitrate

misbehave

verb
  • To act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner. 

recalcitrate

verb
  • To express repugnance or opposition. 

  • To kick back; to kick against anything. 

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