rough-and-tumble vs sportive

rough-and-tumble

adj
  • highly competitive 

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

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

sportive

adj
  • Interested in sport. 

  • Playful, coltish. 

  • Sporty, good at sport. 

noun
  • cyclosportive 

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