irregular vs mercenary

irregular

noun
  • A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics. 

  • One who does not regularly attend a venue. 

adj
  • without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity 

  • rough 

  • not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal 

  • whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other) 

  • nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations 

  • not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language 

mercenary

noun
  • A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain. 

  • One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign. 

adj
  • Motivated by private gain. 

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