businessman vs contractor

businessman

noun
  • A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution. 

contractor

noun
  • A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee. 

  • A person or company that builds or improves buildings. 

  • A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects. 

  • A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc. 

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