accomplice vs adherent

accomplice

noun
  • An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. 

  • A cooperator. 

adherent

noun
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion. 

adj
  • Adhesive, sticking to something. 

  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. 

  • Attaching or pressing against a different organ. 

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