fledgling vs old sweat

fledgling

adj
  • Emergent or rising. 

  • Untried or inexperienced. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. 

old sweat

noun
  • An experienced soldier. 

  • A veteran soldier or war veteran. 

  • Someone experienced in his or her field. 

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