alumnus vs laureate

alumnus

noun
  • A male graduate. 

  • A student of any gender. 

  • A male pupil or student. 

  • A graduate of any gender. 

laureate

noun
  • A graduate of a university. 

adj
  • Crowned, or decked, with laurel. 

verb
  • To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities. 

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