competent vs time-served

competent

adj
  • Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. 

  • Resistant to deformation or flow. 

  • Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. 

  • Adequate for the purpose. 

  • Permeable to foreign DNA. 

time-served

adj
  • Having completed an apprenticeship or period of training, thus acquiring skills. 

  • Having completed many years of service. 

How often have the words competent and time-served occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )