take on vs wrangle

take on

verb
  • To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with. 

  • To assume or take responsibility for. 

  • To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player). 

  • To catch on, do well; to become popular. 

  • To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. 

  • To begin to have or exhibit. 

  • To acquire, bring in, or introduce. 

  • To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone). 

wrangle

verb
  • To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. 

  • To quarrel angrily and noisily; to bicker. 

  • Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. 

  • To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling. 

  • To argue, to debate; also (dated), to debate or discuss publicly, especially about a thesis at a university. 

  • To make harsh noises as if quarrelling. 

  • To herd (horses or other livestock). 

  • To manage or supervise (people). 

noun
  • Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling. 

  • An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation. 

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