dropout vs maverick

dropout

noun
  • Someone who has opted out of conventional society. 

  • A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units. 

  • One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so. 

  • The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels. 

  • Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course 

  • A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data. 

  • Momentary loss of an electronic signal. 

maverick

noun
  • One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. 

  • A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person. 

  • Anything dishonestly obtained. 

  • A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 

  • An unbranded range animal. 

  • One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. 

verb
  • To seize without a legal claim. 

  • To take an unbranded range animal. 

adj
  • Showing independence in thoughts or actions. 

  • Unbranded. 

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