rebuff vs submit

rebuff

verb
  • To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. 

  • To buff again. 

noun
  • Repercussion, or beating back. 

  • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. 

  • A sudden resistance or refusal. 

submit

verb
  • To yield or give way to another. 

  • To yield (something) to another, as when defeated. 

  • To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission. 

  • To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. 

  • To subject; to put through a process. 

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