rough-and-tumble vs rousing

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

rousing

noun
  • The act by which somebody or something is roused. 

adj
  • That rouses or excites. 

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