apprentice vs beginner

apprentice

noun
  • A trainee, especially in a skilled trade. 

  • One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him. 

verb
  • To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. 

  • To be an apprentice to. 

beginner

noun
  • Someone who sets something in motion. 

  • Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started. 

  • An actor who is present on stage in the first moments of a play. 

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