row vs strife

row

noun
  • A noisy argument. 

  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 

  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. 

  • An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. 

  • An act or instance of rowing. 

  • A continual loud noise. 

verb
  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars. 

  • To be moved by oars. 

  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. 

  • To argue noisily. 

strife

noun
  • A trouble of any kind. 

  • Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. 

  • Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. 

  • Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. 

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