grunt vs sapper

grunt

noun
  • An infantry soldier. 

  • A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. 

  • A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt. 

  • Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae. 

  • A person who does ordinary and boring work. 

  • The amount of power of which a vehicle is capable. 

  • The snorting cry of a pig. 

verb
  • To break wind; to fart. 

  • To make a grunt or grunts. 

sapper

noun
  • An officer or private of the Royal Engineers. 

  • Historical term for a combat engineer that is still used in some armies, in other words an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone. 

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