fighting vs rough-and-tumble

fighting

noun
  • A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight 

  • The act or process of contending; violence or conflict. 

adj
  • Engaged in war or other conflict. 

  • Apt to provoke a fight. 

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 fighting and rough-and-tumble occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )