scowling vs truculent

scowling

noun
  • The act of giving a scowl. 

truculent

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

  • Cruel or savage. 

  • Deadly or destructive. 

  • Defiant or uncompromising. 

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