appropriate vs ruffian

appropriate

verb
  • To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right. 

  • To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for. 

  • To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property). 

adj
  • Suitable or fit; proper. 

  • Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper. 

ruffian

adj
  • Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous. 

noun
  • A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person. 

verb
  • To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. 

How often have the words appropriate and ruffian occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )