ruffian vs scuzzball

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. 

scuzzball

noun
  • Someone who does nasty things or plays harmful tricks; a person of very low ethics; a lowlife. 

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