offense vs rough-and-tumble

offense

noun
  • An affront, injury, or insult. 

  • A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense. 

  • The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense. 

  • A crime or sin. 

  • The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. 

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