clerk vs freelance

clerk

noun
  • One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker. 

  • A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market. 

  • A law clerk. 

  • An employee at a hotel who deals with guests. 

  • A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs. 

verb
  • To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk 

  • The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer. 

freelance

noun
  • Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract. 

  • A medieval mercenary. 

adj
  • Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract. 

verb
  • To produce or sell services as a freelance. 

  • To work as a freelance. 

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