contrarian vs critic

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. 

critic

noun
  • One who criticizes; a person who finds fault. 

  • A specialist in judging works of art. 

  • An opponent. 

  • A person who appraises the works of others. 

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