avenger vs loose cannon

avenger

noun
  • One who avenges or vindicates 

  • One who takes vengeance. 

loose cannon

noun
  • An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc. 

  • A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, which has the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew. 

verb
  • To behave in a way such as to cause damage to one's own faction, political party, etc. 

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