survivor vs tough case

survivor

noun
  • A person who is able to endure hardship. 

  • One who knew a specific decedent. 

  • One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience. 

tough case

noun
  • A person who is difficult to work with. 

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