refusal vs repulse

refusal

noun
  • The act of refusing. 

  • Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. 

repulse

noun
  • refusal, rejection or repulsion 

  • the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed 

verb
  • To repel or drive back. 

  • To reject or rebuff. 

  • To cause revulsion in. 

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