accountant vs actuary

accountant

noun
  • A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s). 

  • A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one 

  • One who renders account; one accountable. 

  • One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records. 

  • One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. 

actuary

noun
  • A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. 

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