alter ego vs doppelganger

alter ego

noun
  • Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self. 

  • A very close and intimate friend. 

  • A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice. 

doppelganger

noun
  • A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person. 

  • An evil twin. 

  • A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them. 

  • A remarkably similar double. 

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