following vs pioneer

following

noun
  • A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after. 

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

  • Vocation; business; profession. 

prep
  • After, subsequent to. 

adj
  • About to be specified. 

  • Blowing in the direction of travel. 

  • Coming next, either in sequence or in time. 

pioneer

verb
  • To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow. 

noun
  • A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself. 

  • A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. 

  • One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. 

  • Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization. 

  • A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol. 

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