freelance vs independent

freelance

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

  • A medieval mercenary. 

verb
  • To produce or sell services as a freelance. 

  • To work as a freelance. 

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

independent

noun
  • A small, privately owned business. 

  • A team not affiliated with any league or conference. 

  • A neutral or uncommitted person. 

  • A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform. 

adj
  • Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free. 

  • Not affiliated with any political party. 

  • Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. 

  • Providing a comfortable livelihood. 

  • Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing. 

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