ruffian vs wild animal

ruffian

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

adj
  • Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous. 

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

wild animal

noun
  • One exhibiting uncontrolled behaviour. 

  • Any animal living in a natural, undomesticated state. 

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