bearer vs gatherer

bearer

noun
  • A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter. 

  • Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession. 

  • A waiter in a hotel or restaurant. 

  • A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page. 

  • One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment. 

  • One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. 

  • A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc. 

  • A tree or plant yielding fruit. 

  • A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved. 

gatherer

noun
  • A person who gathers things. 

  • A workman who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing. 

  • An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth. 

  • A person who collects rent or taxes. 

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