tangle vs wrangle

tangle

noun
  • An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria. 

  • A complicated or confused state or condition. 

  • A tangled twisted mass. 

  • A paired helical fragment of tau protein found in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease. 

  • Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person. 

  • A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times. 

  • An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea. 

  • A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns. 

verb
  • To mix together or intertwine. 

  • To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight. 

  • To catch and hold. 

  • To become mixed together or intertwined. 

wrangle

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

  • Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling. 

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

  • To herd (horses or other livestock). 

  • To manage or supervise (people). 

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