larrikin vs ruffian

larrikin

noun
  • A high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms. 

adj
  • Exhibiting the characteristics or behaviour of a larrikin; playfully rebellious against and contemptuous of authority and convention. 

ruffian

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

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

adj
  • Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous. 

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