bête noire vs contrarian

bête noire

noun
  • An anathema; someone or something which is particularly disliked or avoided; an object of aversion, the bane of one’s existence. 

contrarian

noun
  • A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion. 

  • A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others. 

adj
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian. 

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