loyalist vs miscreant

loyalist

noun
  • A person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation. 

miscreant

adj
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. 

  • Holding an incorrect religious belief. 

noun
  • One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever. 

  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain. 

  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally. 

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