miscreant vs sinner

miscreant

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. 

adj
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. 

  • Holding an incorrect religious belief. 

sinner

noun
  • A person who sins or has sinned. 

  • A person who sins or has sinned by the action or identity indicated or previously mentioned 

  • A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things. 

  • An unregenerate person. 

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