sanguineous vs truculent

sanguineous

adj
  • Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty. 

  • Resembling or constituting blood. 

  • Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody. 

truculent

adj
  • Cruel or savage. 

  • Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict. 

  • Deadly or destructive. 

  • Defiant or uncompromising. 

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