clever vs rough-and-tumble

clever

adj
  • Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept. 

  • Mentally quick and resourceful. 

  • Skilled at achieving what one wants, especially via unusual methods. 

  • Showing inventiveness or originality; witty. 

  • Possessing magical abilities. 

  • Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp. 

  • Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent. 

  • Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness. 

rough-and-tumble

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

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

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