aggress vs rough-and-tumble

aggress

noun
  • Aggression. 

verb
  • To set upon; to attack. 

  • To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone. 

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

adj
  • active, vigorous and rough, with the possibility of harm 

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

How often have the words aggress and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )