folk vs grassroots

folk

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. 

  • Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites. 

  • Of or related to local building materials and styles. 

  • Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous. 

noun
  • People in general. 

  • The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants. 

  • One’s relatives, especially one’s parents. 

  • A particular group of people. 

grassroots

adj
  • Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots. 

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