helping vs rival

helping

noun
  • A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself. 

  • An amount or quantity 

rival

noun
  • Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another. 

  • A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor. 

verb
  • To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another. 

  • To oppose or compete with. 

  • To strive to equal or excel; to emulate. 

adj
  • Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority. 

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