rough-and-tumble vs violence

rough-and-tumble

noun
  • Rough activity; fighting or brawling; a fight. 

  • An environment of rough activity 

  • A person who characteristically engages in such activity 

verb
  • Engage in rough-and-tumble activity 

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

  • highly competitive 

violence

noun
  • Widespread fighting. 

  • Extreme force. 

  • Injustice, wrong. 

  • Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering. 

verb
  • To subject to violence. 

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