career vs profession

career

noun
  • One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession. 

  • General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it. 

  • A jouster's path during a joust. 

  • The flight of a hawk. 

adj
  • Synonym of serial (“doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career”) 

verb
  • To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way. 

profession

noun
  • An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. 

  • The practitioners of such an occupation collectively. 

  • The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion. 

  • A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. 

  • Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended. 

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