antagonist vs assistant

antagonist

noun
  • One who antagonizes or stirs. 

  • An opponent or enemy. 

  • A muscle that acts in opposition to another. 

  • A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals. 

  • The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama. 

assistant

noun
  • A person who assists or helps someone else. 

  • A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program. 

  • Sales assistant. 

adj
  • Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. 

  • Having a subordinate or auxiliary position. 

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