rough-and-tumble vs scare

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

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

  • highly competitive 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

scare

noun
  • A device or object used to frighten. 

  • A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread. 

  • A minor fright. 

verb
  • To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. 

adj
  • lean; scanty 

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