rough-and-tumble vs trouble

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 

trouble

noun
  • A violent occurrence or event. 

  • A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation. 

  • A fault or interruption in a stratum. 

  • A malfunction. 

  • Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required. 

  • Liability to punishment; conflict with authority. 

  • Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife. 

  • A distressing or dangerous situation. 

verb
  • In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience. 

  • To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed. 

  • To worry; to be anxious. 

  • To take pains to do something. 

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