intrigue vs repulse

intrigue

verb
  • To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. 

  • To have clandestine or illicit intercourse. 

  • To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. 

  • To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate. 

noun
  • A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. 

  • The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. 

  • Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. 

repulse

verb
  • To cause revulsion in. 

  • To repel or drive back. 

  • To reject or rebuff. 

noun
  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed 

  • refusal, rejection or repulsion 

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