adherent vs apologist

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. 

apologist

noun
  • One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. 

  • One who makes an apology. 

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