fledgling vs lad

fledgling

noun
  • An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. 

  • A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). 

  • An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago. 

adj
  • Emergent or rising. 

  • Untried or inexperienced. 

lad

noun
  • A boy or young man. 

  • A groom who works with horses. 

  • A Jack the lad; a boyo. 

  • The penis. 

  • A familiar term of address for a young man. 

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