brownnose vs toady

brownnose

verb
  • To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion. 

noun
  • One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant. 

toady

verb
  • To behave like a toady (to someone). 

noun
  • A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion. 

adj
  • toadlike 

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