scuffle vs struggle

scuffle

verb
  • To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters. 

  • To walk with a shuffling gait. 

  • To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially. 

noun
  • A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters. 

  • Poverty; struggle. 

  • A Dutch hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling. 

struggle

verb
  • To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend. 

  • To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 

noun
  • A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. 

  • Strife, contention, great effort. 

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