contumacious vs self-willed

contumacious

adj
  • Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious. 

  • Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. 

self-willed

adj
  • Obstinate; strong-minded; unyielding to the desires, concern or opinions of others. 

  • Possessing self-will; determined to pursue one's own desires or adhere to one's own opinion.. 

  • He was so self-willed that he refused to do anything that did not grant instant satisfaction or direction. 

How often have the words contumacious and self-willed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )