rough-and-tumble vs vex

rough-and-tumble

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

noun
  • An environment of rough activity 

  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

vex

verb
  • To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet. 

  • To twist, to weave. 

  • To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. 

  • To annoy, irritate. 

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