employ vs following

employ

noun
  • The state of being an employee; employment. 

verb
  • To hire (somebody for work or a job). 

  • To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task). 

  • To make busy. 

following

noun
  • Vocation; business; profession. 

  • A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after. 

  • A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. 

adj
  • About to be specified. 

  • Blowing in the direction of travel. 

  • Coming next, either in sequence or in time. 

prep
  • After, subsequent to. 

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