executor vs operant

executor

noun
  • Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator. 

  • A person who carries out some task. 

  • A component of a system that executes or runs something. 

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

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