rough-and-tumble vs thrilling

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 

thrilling

noun
  • A thrill. 

adj
  • Causing a feeling of sudden excitement. 

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