contractor vs litigant

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. 

litigant

noun
  • A party suing or being sued in a lawsuit, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. 

adj
  • Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit. 

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