compatriot vs confederate

compatriot

noun
  • Somebody from one's own country. 

adj
  • Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism. 

confederate

noun
  • A member of a confederacy. 

  • An accomplice in a plot. 

  • An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher. 

verb
  • To combine in a confederacy. 

adj
  • of, relating to, or united in a confederacy 

  • banded together; allied. 

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