creature vs figurehead

creature

noun
  • A being subservient to or dependent upon another. 

  • A living being; an animal. 

  • A human. 

  • A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation. 

  • An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being. 

figurehead

noun
  • Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man. 

  • A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. 

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