curate vs professional

curate

noun
  • An assistant rector or vicar. 

  • A parish priest. 

  • An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion. 

  • An assistant barman. 

verb
  • To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. 

  • To act as a curator for. 

  • To work or act as a curator. 

professional

noun
  • A person who belongs to a profession 

  • A reputation known by name 

  • A prostitute 

  • An expert 

  • One of four categories of sociologist propounded by Horowitz: a sociologist who is actively concerned with promoting the profession of sociology. 

  • A person who earns their living from a specified activity 

adj
  • Expert. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession. 

  • That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood. 

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